Chocolate Chip Banana Cream Pie

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (18 ounce) can refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/3 cups milk
• 5 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla, divided
• 3 medium firm bananas
• 1 1/2 cups whipping cream
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 cut cookie dough in half widthwise.
• 2 let one portion stand at room temperature for 5-10 minutes to soften (return the other half to the refrigerator for another use).
• 3 press dough onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 9-inch pie plate.
• 4 bake at 375 degrees for 11-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• 5 cool on wire rack in a saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt.
• 6 stir in milk until smooth.
• 7 cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly.
• 8 reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks; return all to pan, stirring constantly.
• 11 bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
• 12 remove from the heat; stir in butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 13 spread 1 cup filling into prepared crust.
• 14 slice bananas; arrange over filling.
• 15 pour remaining filling over bananas.
• 16 refrigerate 2 hours or until set.
• 17 in a chilled mixing bowl; beat cream until it begins to thicken.
• 18 add confectioners' sugar and remaining vanilla; beat until stiff peaks form.
• 19 spread over pie.
• 20 refrigerate for 1 hour or until chilled.
• 21 refrigerate leftovers.