Easy Banana Pie Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

You only need a few simple ingredients for this semi-homemade dessert recipe.

• vanilla wafer cookies
• fresh bananas (ripe)
• whipped cream topping, such as Cool Whip
• milk
• instant vanilla pudding mix
• store-bought graham cracker crust

Equipment

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• Large Bowl
• Whisk and Rubber Spatula
• Cutting Board and Knife
• Liquid Measuring Cup
• Measuring Spoons

🔪Instructions

This is meant to be a brief overview of our easy banana pudding pie. For step-by-step instructions and a full printable recipe card with ingredients, please scroll down to the teal box below or Jump to Recipe.

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk together cold milk and instant pudding mix.
2. Fold in about half of the whipped topping using a rubber spatula.
3. Chill the mixture for 10 minutes.
4. Next, add a thin layer of the pudding mixture to the bottom of the pie crust.
5. Top with half of the sliced bananas.
6. After that, add the remainging bananas and crumbled vanilla wafers into the pudding mixture.
7. Add the rest of the pudding mixture on top of the banana slices in the pie plate.
8. Finally, top with a few banana slices to garnish.
9. Chill the pie until ready to serve.

⭐ Tips

✔️Be sure to start with ripe bananas.

✔️Fold the whipped topping and other ingredients into the pudding gently so that your filling stays light and fluffy.

🍴 Serving Suggestions

Serve chilled with a drizzle of caramel sauce on top if you want. You could also serve with an extra dollop of Cool Whip or homemade whipped cream.

You could also add a sprinkling of chopped walnuts to the top if you like.

📖 Variations

We recommend that you try our easy banana pudding pie for the first time just as it is written for the best results, because that is how the recipe has been tested.

However, the next time you make it, you might consider one of these different ways of making this great recipe.

• Substitute banana cream pudding mix.
• If you are a chocolate lover, dust the top of the pie with cocoa powder or chocolate shavings.
• For some crunch, garnish with toasted coconut flakes or more crumbled vanilla wafer cookies.
• Enhance the flavor with a teaspoon of vanilla extract or a little banana extract (a little goes a long way!)
• Instead of a graham cracker crust, use traditional pie dough. Be sure to blind bake it with pie weights first.

💭 Frequently Asked Questions

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