Banana Cream Pie

ingredients

3 cups half and half
2 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt (do not omit)
2 bananas, sliced
1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1- 9 inch pie shell, baked
1 cup frozen whipped topping, or cream, whipped with sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

directions

In a medium saucepan combine sugar, salt and flour. Stir well to mix. Place beaten eggs in a small bowl and set aside. Add half and half to flour mixture. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until mixture coats a spoon. Add 1/4 cup of the hot liquid mixture into the eggs, beating constantly as you pour. Add the egg mixture to the pudding mixture. Cook until the pudding is nice and thick. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Spoon small amount of pudding into bottom of pie cruse, about 1/4 cup. Place sliced bananas over pudding layer. Pour rest of pudding over the bananas. Allow pie to cool 2 to 3 hours. Top cooled pie with cool whip, or whipped cream.

notes

For coconut pie omit the bananas and add 1 cup flaked coconut. Stir well and pour into pie shell to cool before topping with whipped cream. For Pineapple Pie. Omit bananas and add 1 (14 oz) can crushed pineapple, drained well.

Source: Evelyn Vines