Gluten Free Banana Cream Pie

By weavincanuck

Ingredients

• Pie Crust
• Dry Ingredients
• 1/2 cup white rice flour
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 cup potato starch
• 1 1/2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Wet Ingredients
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick of butter) butter/solid vegetable shortening chilled, cut into pieces
• 1 large egg
• 1 to 2 Tablespoons cold water
• Filling
• 2 1/4 cups milk (whole milk works the best. Skim milk yields a watery custard.)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3 Tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean
• 2-3 medium ripe bananas

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from glutenfreebaking101.com

Preparation

Step 1

Whisk together all dry ingredients.

Using a fork or pastry cutter, work cold butter/shortening into flour mixture.

Add egg and water. If dough is dry, add more water a teaspoon at a time. Stir until a dough forms.

Remove dough from the refrigerator and place on the counter for 15 minutes.(If you try to roll out cold pie dough it will crack.

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Place dough in a 9-inch pie plate. Crimp edges with your fingers.

Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool.

In a medium saucepan, combine 2 cups of milk and the granulated sugar. Heat over medium heat until the milk boils.

In a small bowl, whisk together remaining 1/4 cup milk and cornstarch until smooth. Add the egg yolks. Whisk until smooth.

Reduce heat on the boiling milk. Allow the bubbles to subside. Using a ladle, whisk 1 cup (approx) of the hot milk into the egg-mixture. Be sure to whisk constantly while adding the hot milk. This will prevent the eggs from cooking.

Whisk the hot egg mixture into the hot milk. Continuing whisking and cook the custard until it thickens and bubbles a few times. Since this is a cornstarch custard, it need to come to a boil to fully thicken.

Remove the custard from the heat. Stir in the vanilla and butter.

Pour custard into a dish. Press a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the top of the custard. This will prevent a skin from forming.

Chill for 2 hours or until cool

Slice bananas and arrange on the bottom of the prepared pie crust.

Spoon custard over the bananas.

Serve with whipped cream, if desired.

Makes one 9-inch pie.