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

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

bananas-200x150.jpgThis 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. 1 ½ cups butterscotch sauce
  2. 5 large bananas, sliced
  3. 2 cups vanilla ice cream, slightly softened
  4. 1 cup whipping cream
  5. 2 tsp confectioner’s sugar
  6. 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

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