Banana Pudding Pie

Where do i begin with my  love for  Banana Pudding Pie?Banana Pudding has been my husband's favorite dessert growing up ,which i didn't know until i made it and then found out ! I love just the pudding minus the wafers.Then my friend took me to this diner here in the town and introduced me to to this AMAZING dessert,Banana Icebox pie.Yes the place where Banana Pudding married the pie.Since then i have googled to come close to the taste and have failed miserably.In fact in my previous attempt,i had to throw the whole thing.yes the ENTIRE dish because it NEVER set.I even tried to freeze it in order to let it set,in vain.

I thought may be i should just stick with Banana Pudding.I can handle that...However,not giving up on my quest, googling around,i found  this little pearl of pudding wisdom,you got to stir the pudding until it gets thick like 'Mayonnaise',before you put it in a pie to set.Hmmmm....how did i miss that little detail?I guess i never understood when it says,stir until its thick.How thick?Visual please.I know not everyone need that but i do...i followed this  Banana Pudding Recipe  and tweaked just a little.

• I was too lazy to make a pie shell by myself and didn't had one ready made as i tend to do the thing from scratch,which ends up  being not happening at times.
• I do not like soggy Vanilla Wafers  in my pudding.
• I loved the crumble topping idea, as in recipe but too lazy to go that extra step of sprinkling the crumble while i am about to  eat.Isn't it getting the plate and cutting  the pie, work enough?
• So i made the crust using Nilla Wafers,i had 2 box each 3.5 oz each of wafers,so LOT more then what it says in recipe,added extra 2 Tbl spoon butter for the crust.My pie dish was bigger too and i kinda flattened the crust to the rim as you can see in the picture.
• I also didn't add banana liqueur as you could have guessed.

Small tip :Make sure,you wet the pan completely with cold water before you add your milk and egg mixture to thicken .It prevents the milk from scorching the surface. Of course do not take a break from stirring until it thickens.No its not my tip,someone else's,i just applied it !

I let it set overnight..couple of hours would have been fine but it was late night to begin with.Day after served with Whip cream.Hubby loved it,so i would call it a complete success finally.