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We're cooking on KSL News at Noon! Tuesday, we show you how easy it can be to make the perfect holiday pie at home!
Here's Chef Johnny McAdams from Harmons City Creek perfect pie crust, and banana cream pie recipes.
Perfect Pie Crust
Ingredients: 3 C. all-purpose flour
1 ½ C. vegetable shortening (packed measurement)
1 egg (beaten)
5 Tbsp. ice water
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. sugar
Instructions: 1. In a large bowl add the flour, salt and sugar together.
2. Add shortening.
3. Using a pastry knife cut the shortening and flour mix together.
4. In a small bowl beat the egg then add egg to flour and shortening mixture.
5. Stir in water and vinegar gently (careful not to over mix).
6. Separate the dough into thirds.
7. Shape the dough into dough balls.
8. Place the dough onto some parchment paper or in a large plastic zipper top bag then flatten the dough slightly.
9. To use the dough lightly flour a flat smooth surface.
10. Place the dough into the center and lightly flour the surface of the dough.
11. Use a floured rolling pin to flatten and shape into a round.
12. Be sure to flip the dough and flour both the surface and dough as needed roll until the dough is about a ¼ inch thick.
13. Do not over handle your dough.
14. Create pie filling using one of the delicious recipes below.
Banana Cream Pie
Ingredients:
4 C. whole milk
4 Tbsp. cornstarch
2/3 C. sugar
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
3 bananas (peeled and sliced, place in lemon water 1 tsp. lemon 16 oz. water)
2 tbsp. butter
1 9 inch baked pie shell
Instructions: 1. In a large bowl lightly beat eggs and set aside.
2. Using a whisk, combine milk, sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
3. Allow milk to scald (heat to the point when tiny bubbles form around edges of pan).
4. Whisk occasionally to prevent cornstarch from clumping.
5. Remove milk mixture from heat.
6. Mix about 2 Tbsp. of scalded milk mixture into eggs using whisk, then combine eggs into milk mixture in a slow stream, whisking milk mixture constantly.
7. Immediately return pan to heat and whisk gently until custard thickens.
8. Do not allow to boil.
9. Remove pan from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
10. Allow the custard to cool to a warm temperature.
11. Slice the bananas and place in the lemon water.
12. Place banana slices into baked pie shell and add half of the warm custard then make another layer of banana and top with more custard.
13. Place the pie into the refrigerator until ready to serve.
