Penelope's Recipe Box

Throw Caution to the Wind - Banana Split Pie with Butterscotch Sauce

This pie is for the kids, and for the kid in all of us, who could do without obsessing about calories, cholesterol or coming out of the water in a bikini. Graham Cracker Crust for a single crust pie

The Filling

1 ½ cups butterscotch sauce
5 large bananas, sliced
2 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
1 cup whipping cream
2 tsp confectioner’s sugar
1 extra banana to slice for the top

Pour 1 cup of the butterscotch sauce over the cooled pie crust

Arrange the sliced bananas on top

Spoon the softened ice cream over half the bananas, and smooth the top

Cover the pie with plastic wrap and freeze for 3 hours

With an electric mixer, beat the cream and confectioner’s sugar until stiff peaks form

Arrange the remaining sliced bananas over the ice cream filling and spoon the whipped cream on top

Use the extra banana slices to garnish the top

Warm the remaining ½ cup of butterscotch sauce in a small saucepan over low heat, and drizzle over the whipped cream and bananas