Go Bananas! B-A-N-A-N-A-S! I love bananas, so I don’t know why I’ve never had banana cream pie. I’ve never had banana pudding either (which I’ve heard is really tasty with Nilla Wafers). Ooh…I think a Nilla wafer crust would have been delicious with this pie–but I’m jumping ahead.
I eat bananas all the time: on-the-go, in my cereal, chopped up in fruit salad, with peanut butter, with almond butter, in a sandwich, on ice cream etc etc. I bake with bananas all the time time too: banana bread, banana espresso chocolate chip muffins (the best ever from Baked), vegan banana scones, roasted banana ice cream, banana pancakes, etc, etc.
Because of my banana love, I looked forward to making this week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe: Banana Cream Pie. And, oh boy, it did not disappoint. Well, the only disappointment was that I only made a 1/2 recipe and it quickly disappeared.
Other than making a 1/2 recipe, the only change I made was to make pie-ettes instead of one giant pie. I used the same technique I used for making Twofer pie-ettes back in November (except back then I used my regular muffin tin and this time I used my mini-muffin tin, so technically they are mini pie-ettes, but that sounds a bit repetitive). I made the double crust recipe for the Good For Almost Everything Pie Dough and used only a 1/4 of it for the banana cream pie-ettes. The rest is in my freezer waiting to come out and play.
I was able to make 10 little pie-ettes which I was planning on bringing to a BBQ party, but they never made it. By the time we had to leave for the party, there were only 4 left. It would have been odd showing up with only 4 pie-ettes. I brought chocolate chip cookies instead.
Thank you to Amy of Sing for Your Supper for selecting this week’s recipe as we bake our way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking…From My Home to Yours. Check out Amy’s blog for the recipe or better yet buy the book.
Those are BEYOND cute! What a great idea! I made minis, too, and now I am wishing I had leftover pie in the fridge! 🙂
the mini piettes are such clever ideas! I’ve got to do that in the future!
These are the cutest ones ever! I love the pie-ettes. I am so doing that next time! 🙂
Those are so cute, as things in miniature always are. I’m so glad that you liked these.
How great that now you have extra pie crust in the freezer. It’s like insurance, I love it.
Ahh so cute, I love your minis. I love the vanilla wafer idea. Great job!
Ha ha – it WOULD have been strange to show up to a party with 4 little pie-ettes.
I actually like bananas a lot, its just that I live with people who don’t. Eh, I’ll get over it!
These are the most beautiful baby banana cream pies I’ve ever seen! Incredible.
The mini pies are too cute for words! I just love how small and adorable they are!
Those pie-ettes look perfect! I would probably eat all of them because they are both cute and Delicious
mmmm..love that idea! (I’d be standing by the dessert table popping one after the other!) Great pie-ettes!
I adore your mini pies! This was a yummy recipe for sure. Glad you finally got to try banana cream pie 🙂
en version mini, c’est trop mignon! et puis on peut en manger deux fois plus, puisque c’est petit !
WOAH!!! Those look amazing!! I want to eat 20 of them!!! YUM!
Those minis are GORGEOUS! I LOVE banana anything as well, this pie was right up my alley!
They are so cute, I love them. I actually made a nilla wafer crust with my pie and it was really good!
Yeah for a banana lover! I love your mini’s. They are absolutely adorable.
How fantastic.
These look great! I made mini ones too but i wish mine looked like yours! Great job 🙂
Those are some cute little pie-ettes! 🙂 Funny that they didn’t make it to the BBQ!
Pie-etts…how cute.
I’m in love with your pie-ettes. Why don’t I ever think to do this until I read blog posts on Tuesday? It’s like my mind gets completely wiped clear of the last Tuesday that I wished I did minis. Every. Single. Week. In any event, these look fabulous! I’d happily take a few off your hands.
Cute! Cute! Cute! Your pie-ettes look fabulous!
Love your pie-ettes. I made small ones too which are almost all gone. I hadn’t made banana cream pie either but so glad I did.
These are perfect!! I love the bite-sized portions.
Thank goodness you only made minis because an entire WHOLE pie is deadly. Just ask my belly and double chin.
Awesome pics! 🙂
Nuts! I didn’t get around to this and everyone loves it! I’ll have to do a rewind…and I would love to make pie-ettes when I do. Great idea!
p.s. I’m reading Molly Wizenberg’s book at the moment, too! I’m really enjoying it, except that I keep wanting to stop and copy down the recipes.
Just gorgeous! I love the mini pies! Thanks for baking with me this week!
-Amy
http://www.singforyoursupperblog.com
So cute! So teensy! I love these! The whipped cream topping looks especially delicious and inviting.
Great looking minis!
Why is everything cuter when it’s tiny? Your pie-ettes look adorable and tasty!
Pie-ettes…so cute..I am going to have to copy you on that idea. I just got the book Baked too…I am totally and completely obsessed..I just sit flipping through it and getting hungry!
What a beautiful presentation! If your friends from the BBQ see this, they will demand a re-BBQ so you can bring them.
Ciao ! I made tartlets too ! They were very dangerous indeed ! I gave them out and ecaped !
Cute little pies!
Can you imagine? There are 8 guest but only four pie-ettes? LOL, totally funny! You could just say that you guys aren’t eating any.
Your pie-ettes are super cute. We’re bananas over bananas at my house too! 🙂
~ingrid
Gorgeous photography! Love the pie-ettes.
These are so darn cute, and the fact that they never made it to the party is testimony enough how they tasted! I love the mini version of things…I am storing up all the directions for when the boys leave home in two years and it is just down to Mark and I…the minis will be perfect! Great job on these!
No wonder I arrive here the quazillioneth to leave a comment… Those are crazy good looking!
I don’t know if its the way you took the pictures or if just the cutness of the fact they’re minis… but I love them!
Very creative, very, very nice, Pink!
Your little pie-ettes definitely look good!
I love the way you arranged them.. your pics looks great!
Wise move to keep the good stuff for yourself; wouldn’t want to see a fight break out over the 4 pie-ettes! Your minis are too cute.
Growing up, my mom served split bananas with peanut butter as a salad! I love it to this day.
Nancy
Those pie-ettes look awesome. I am like you and LOVE bananas and have them with anything and everything, anytime, anywhere! 😉
These little treasures are gorgeous!
Beautiful! And thanks for the link to your tips on pie-ettes; I’ve been wanting to try them and wasn’t sure if how it would work.
Wow! What a rave review. Your pie-ettes are just precious! So glad you enjoyed them so much.
This look delicious, those are the cutest little things! This pie was a hit at my house 🙂
Awesome! Those are well-defined for being so mini! Things seem so much special when they come in little packages. Too cute!
I am inspired to make something mini very soon!
Those are darned cute. I used up some old dough, and made sort of a pancake-like banana cream pie!
I love your mini-version! they look stunning.
Pie – ettes!!! I love it. These are just lovely. Photographical even. Oh, Wait!!! You did. Great job.
OK, you win the prize for cutest pie(ettes)! I agree, they were SO tasty.
LOL – I am not surprised that these pies didn’t make it to the barbecue. They look fabulous.
these look so cute! Come to think of it, I’ve never had banana cream pie either, nor have I had banana pudding – which sounds like it would make a nice match with chocolate pudding in a trifle. 🙂
Cute pie-ettes! Makes me want to have one right now. 😉
Am thinking of making minis tomorrow – how long did it take to fully bake the mini pie crusts?