bourbon banana cream pie

By foodiva

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups finely crushed graham crackers, vanilla wafers, ginger snaps, or digestive biscuits
• 1 stick (8 tablespoons) melted butter, divided
• 2/3 cup white sugar, plus 1 tablespoon
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups 2% or whole milk
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 3 tablespoons bourbon, divided
• 4-5 ripe bananas, sliced
• 3/4 cup heavy cream or whipping cream

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir crushed cookie crumbs with 6 tablespoons (85 grams) of melted butter until the texture resembles wet sand. Press the mixture into a standard pie plate and bake for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool completely.