Banana Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2/3 c. sugar
    3 Tbsp. cornstarch
    1/2 tsp. salt
    2 c. milk
    3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
    2 Tbsp. butter
    1 tsp. banana flavoring
    1 tsp. vanilla
    3 bananas
    1 (9-inch) baked pie shell, cooled
    1 c. whipping cream
    2 Tbsp. powdered sugar
    1/2 tsp. vanilla
    2 Tbsp. peanuts, chopped
Preparation
    Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan.
    Gradually stir in milk.
    Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and bubbles, then continue cooking for 1 minute.
    Remove from heat.
    Place egg yolks in a bowl.
    Add half of hot mixture to egg yolks, then blend into remainder of hot mixture in saucepan. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
    Remove from heat; stir in butter, banana flavoring and vanilla.
    Let cool.
    Slice two bananas.
    Arrange a layer of bananas in bottom of pastry shell. Pour the cooled filling over bananas; chill.
    Before serving, whip cream until stiff; fold in powdered sugar and vanilla.
    Spread over top of pie.
    Decorate with remaining banana.
    Cut in slices and sprinkle with peanuts.
    Makes 1 pie.

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