Description
This is a great dessert. You may substitute commercial caramel ice cream topping for the dulce de leche for a quicker preparation, but the homemade dulce de leche is worth the work and time.
Ingredients
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 4 bananas
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Make the dulce de leche: Place the unopened condensed milk can in a saucepan and add water until it comes halfway up the can. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook for 3 hours
- adding more water as necessary. Remove from the heat and let cool
- 1 to 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Make the pie: Stir graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in a mixing bowl until well blended. Press crumb mixture evenly into a 9-inch pie plate.
- Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned
- 10 to 15 minutes. Remove pie crust from the oven and cool on a wire rack
- about 10 minutes.
- Open dulce de leche can and pour 1/2 of it (about 3/4 cup) over pie crust. Arrange 1/2 of the bananas in a single layer over dulce de leche. Repeat dulce de leche and banana layers once more.
- Beat cream in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Add sugar and vanilla; continue beating until stiff peaks form.
- Spoon whipped cream over bananas. Chill pie for at least 1 hour before serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8