Jello Recipes
Basic Banoffee Pie Recipe with a Homemade Vanilla Crust
You might have made a banoffee pie mascarpone recipe or another banoffee pie recipe before and, if you have seen the Nestle recipes, the ultimate banoffee pie as you know is usually made with condensed milk. However, we are going to use butterscotch instant pudding and English fudge in the following recipe for a similar tasting result.
The crushed vanilla wafers in the following banoffee pie recipe have a light, sweet flavor and the homemade pastry crust is well worth making yourself. You can use a readymade six ounce pastry crust if you are in a hurry but homemade crusts are lovely. Make the shaved chocolate using a block of very cold chocolate and a vegetable peeler. If your chocolate is cold enough, it should be easy to shave.
The filling in this banoffee pie is a combination of fudge, butterscotch, and cream and this easy banoffee pie recipe is topped with miniature marshmallows and banana slices. This is not a conventional banoffee pie because jello instant pudding is used instead of condensed milk, but it does have a delicious flavor and a melt-in-the-mouth texture. Bananas are healthy and they give you plenty of energy, so if you are flagging a bit or feel in need of an energy boost, this delicious banoffee pie is a pick-me-up comfort food guaranteed to soothe and uplift you.
Easy Banoffee Pie with a Marshmallow Topping
Ingredients -
¼ cup white sugar
1 ½ cups vanilla wafers, finely crushed
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
6 tablespoons melted butter
1 package jello butterscotch instant pudding
1 cup English fudge squares, melted
2 cups jet-puffed miniature marshmallows
1 ¾ cups cold milk
2 sliced bananas
1 cup Cool Whip, thawed
4 tablespoons shaved chocolate
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Mix the vanilla cookie crumbs with the butter, sugar, and cinnamon, and then press this mixture into a 9 inch pie plate.
Bake the crust for about 7 minutes or until it is golden brown.
Let it cool. Beat the milk and pudding mix together for a couple of minutes, and then let it stand for 5 minutes.
Stir in the melted fudge and Cool Whip.
Spoon the fudge mixture into the cooled pie crust and chill it for an hour.
Arrange the miniature marshmallows on top, then the banana slices and finally sprinkle the chocolate shavings over the pie.
(Serves 6)
Photo Description:
This heavenly banoffee pie recipe is decorated with lots of miniature marshmallows. If you are in a rush, you could just spread some Cool Whip over the top of the pie, instead of arranging all the marshmallows on top. The juicy bananas are wonderful with the shaved chocolate flakes and, all in all, this is one of the best comfort food pies in existence. Imagine a mouthful of bananas, marshmallows, creamy butterscotch flavored fudge and homemade vanilla pastry, and you are halfway towards imagining how wonderful this banoffee pie recipe is. This is such a great recipe that one slice is never enough, although it is a deliciously filling and satisfying banoffee pie.
The History of Banoffee Pie
Banoffee pie, which can also be spelt as banoffy or banoffi, is a delicious dessert made with bananas, toffee, boiled condensed milk, and cream. It is served on a cookie and butter crust or a pastry crust. Some basic banoffee pie recipes also contain coffee or chocolate. The name "banoffee" comes from "banana and toffee" and this word is used to describe anything, which has a toffee and banana smell or flavor.
Whether you want to make a banoffee pie mascarpone recipe or another kind, there is no doubt that a basic banoffee pie recipe can give you wonderful results. If you have been browsing Nestle recipes the ultimate banoffee pie is perhaps something that tantalizes your taste buds.
From a Restaurant in England to Global Fame
The Hungry Monk restaurant in Sussex, England, was the birthplace of this delicious dessert and it was first created in 1972. The inspiration behind this dish was "Blum's Coffee Toffee Pie," an American dish containing toffee and coffee-flavored whipped cream. The addition of bananas proved popular and boiling a can of condensed milk make a tasty toffee layer. Other restaurants soon adopted this dish and its popularity spread around the world.
Some grocery stores sold banoffee pie as an American pie, which led its creator, Nigel Mackenzie, to offer a ten thousand pound sterling prize to anybody who could disprove this claim. There is now a plaque outside The Hungry Monk restaurant, stating that banoffee pie originated there. The recipe is printed on cans of Nestle condensed milk but the inventors of it are not acknowledged on there. The recipe was also printed in two of The Hungry Monk restaurant's cookbooks.
Banoffee Pie Recipes in India
Banoffee pie is very popular in India, on the backpacker trail. It is believed to have arrived in the late 1970s, when the young westerners traveling the trail introduced their favorite comfort foods to the region. The local restaurants recreated these dishes for them. You can still get banoffee pie in many tourist towns and popular backpacker regions in India. Banoffee pie is one of the most popular pies today and learning how to make this delicious dish is easy.
