Dessert for 10
Banana Coconut Cream Pie
$9.11for 445 minServes 10
This pie combines a coconut wafer crust, banana slices, and coconut custard beneath a soft whipped cream topping.
Photo: carlsbadcravings.com
What it costs
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| Ingredient | Amount | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Crackers, graham, cookies$0.22/oz typical | 45 oz | $9.90Typical price |
 | Shredded coconut$0.30/oz typical | 6 oz | $1.83Typical price |
 | Butter$0.40/oz typical | 4 oz | $1.60Typical price |
 | Coconut milk$0.14/oz typical | 14 oz | $1.96Typical price |
| Heavy cream$0.22/oz typical | 21 oz | $4.57Typical price |
 | Eggs$0.30 each typical | 5 | $1.50Typical price |
 | Bananas$0.62/lb typical | 1.05 lb | $0.65Typical price |
| Total for the servings shown | $22.79 | ||
Pantry staples you likely have
Sugar and brown sugarCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa
Not included in the cost.
Swaps
- Swap Heavy cream for Evaporated or condensed milkabout $0.08/oz less at typical prices
- Swap Butter for Margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices
- 45 minstart to table
- Mediumdifficulty
- 10servings as written
- $$typical cost tier
AmericanVegetarianBudgetDesserts
Typical price
$2.28 per serving$9.11 for 4
Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.
Ingredients
- 45 vanilla wafers
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 6 tbsp butter
- 1 cans (14 oz) full fat coconut milk
- 1 cup half and half
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 tbsp butter cut into 4 pieces
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp coconut extract
- 3 large bananas
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp coconut extract
Steps
- Heat the oven to 350 F and press crushed wafers, coconut, sugar, and melted butter into a 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake the crust for 8 minutes and cool it while preparing the filling.
- Cook coconut milk, half and half, coconut, sugar, salt, egg yolks, and cornstarch in a saucepan over medium heat until thick and bubbling.
- Remove the custard from the heat, stir in butter and both extracts, and cool it for 5 minutes.
- Layer sliced bananas and custard in the crust, then chill the pie for 15 minutes.
- Whip heavy cream with sugar and both extracts, spread it over the pie, and chill it until set.
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