Banana Split Supreme - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, divided
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
24 cream filled chocolate sandwich style cookies, crushed
3 -4 medium bananas, cut into 1/2 inch slices
2 quarts vanilla ice cream, softened, divided
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and halved
3/4 cup chopped pecans
whipped topping (optional)

Preparation

In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup of butter, sugar, milk and chocolate chips.
Bring to a boil over medium heat; boil and stir for 8 minutes.
Remove from heat and cool completely.
Meanwhile, melt the remaining butter; toss with cookie crumbs.
Press into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
Freeze for 15 minutes.
Arrange banana slices over crust; spread with 1 quart of ice cream.
Top with 1 cup of the chocolate sauce.
Freeze for one hour.
Refrigerate remaining chocolate sauce.
Spread the remaining ice cream over dessert; top with pineapple, cherries and pecans.
Cover and freeze for several hours or overnight.
Remove from the freezer 10 minutes before serving.
Reheat the chocolate sauce.
Cut dessert into squares; serve with chocolate sauce and whipped topping if desired.