Banana Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

9 in. pie crust, baked & cooled
2 sliced bananas
1/4 c. soft, beaten cream cheese
2/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. whole milk
1 1/2 c. evaporated milk
4 beaten egg yolks
2 Tbsp. butter, softened
1/8 c. sliced almonds
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Mix in a 2 qt. saucepan sugar, cornstarch, salt, evaporated milk and whole milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens & boils for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Slowly pour half of the hot mixture into eggs & stir until that mixture is completely incorporated. Then pour the egg mixture into the pot with the other half of pudding and continue to cook on medium heat until it reaches boiling stage again. Add cream cheese & mix thoroughly (use a hand mixer). It will dissolve the cream cheese better & make the pudding lighter & creamier. Remove from heat & add vanilla & butter. Keep using hand mixer until all is blended. Let pudding stand for 15 minutes, but while still warm pour half of pudding in pie shell & layer with bananas. Then pour remainder of pudding on top. When pie is completely cooled, top with fresh whipped cream and garnish with sliced almonds.