🥧Old-Fashioned Healthy Banana Cream Pie Recipe
This Healthy Banana Cream Pie with a graham cracker crust is a no bake, lighter and healthier version of an old-fashioned banana cream pie with a homemade pudding. It's also Weight Watchers friendly!
Servings 8 servings
Calories 114kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
Base
- 7 crushed up chocolate graham crackers (about 1 cup)
- 3 tablespoon light butter * measure first, then melt
Pudding
- 2 cups evaporated milk, partly skimmed * don't use fat-free (it's too thin and won't work)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon butter extract
- ⅓ cup flour
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 4 egg whites (or liquid egg whites from carton -½ cup)
- 2 tablespoon agave syrup *see variations and substitutions
Filling
- 4 whole sliced bananas
Garnish
- 1 additional crushed chocolate graham wafer
- dollap of whipping cream (light) see NOTES optional
- slice of banana
Instructions
Make Old-fashioned Pudding
- In a saucepan, combine the agave, flour salt and extracts and whisk together.2 teaspoon vanilla extract, ⅓ cup flour, ⅛ teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoon agave syrup, 1 teaspoon butter extract
- Gradually add in evaporated milk while stirring gently over medium heat.2 cups evaporated milk, partly skimmed
- Stir constantly until the mixture is bubbly and begins to thicken.
- Remove from heat and stir a small amount (about - 2 tablespoon of pudding mixture) into egg whites ( in a separate bowl). Then immediately add the egg white mixture back into the hot pudding mixture, whisking constantly.4 egg whites (or liquid egg whites from carton -½ cup)
- Return to heat and whisk constantly (for about 2-3 minutes,) until it thickens like pudding and has a smooth consistency.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool while you continue to prepare the pie.
Base
- Crush chocolate graham crackers in food processor then add melted butter. Add crushed chocolate crumbs to pie plate, pressing the mixture evenly onto the bottom of the pie plate.7 crushed up chocolate graham crackers, 3 tablespoon light butter
Assembly
- Slice bananas and spread evenly over top of crumbs.4 whole sliced bananas
- Top with cooled pudding mixture.1 additional crushed chocolate graham wafer
- Chill in fridge for 1 hour.
Garnish (optional)
- Sprinkle a little bit of chocolate graham crackers over the top of the pie and add a dollop of whipped topping and a slice of banana, if desired.dollap of whipping cream (light) see NOTES, slice of banana
Notes
📖 SUBSTITUTIONS & VARIATIONS
🥚HOW TO USE UP YOUR LEFTOVER EGG YOLKS!
If you don't have egg whites in a carton, then you're going to have leftover egg yolks. My Healthy and WW friendly Healthy Hollandaise Sauce is perfect for using up those egg yolks!
🌡️STORAGE
Store this healthy banana cream pie in the fridge for up to 3 days in a sealed container in the fridge. The ingredients do not stand up to freezing.
🔢WW POINTS
This low fat banana cream pie is 6 WW points. You can reduce the points by using light butter and swapping out the agave for monkfruit, but you'll only need 1 tablespoon of monkfruit.
- Graham Wafers: You can use a regular graham wafers to make the crust, but I much prefer the chocolate! Chocolate just makes everything better! If you don't have chocolate graham crackers, use Chocolate baking crumbs.
- Egg whites: you can use regular egg whites but I like to use egg whites in the cartons, as there is no waste and you don't have to worry about finding ways to use up your egg yolks. * But if you do have leftover egg yolks, try my Healthy Hollandaise Sauce to use them up.
- Agave: Agave is a natural sweetener, but if you don't have any, you can substitute honey (just double the amount) *Be sure to calculate the WW points, if you're following the program
🥚HOW TO USE UP YOUR LEFTOVER EGG YOLKS!
If you don't have egg whites in a carton, then you're going to have leftover egg yolks. My Healthy and WW friendly Healthy Hollandaise Sauce is perfect for using up those egg yolks!
🌡️STORAGE
Store this healthy banana cream pie in the fridge for up to 3 days in a sealed container in the fridge. The ingredients do not stand up to freezing.
🔢WW POINTS
This low fat banana cream pie is 6 WW points. You can reduce the points by using light butter and swapping out the agave for monkfruit, but you'll only need 1 tablespoon of monkfruit.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 159mg | Potassium: 243mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 433IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 186mg | Iron: 1mg
