🥧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
- 3 tablespoon butter substitute, melted * 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.
- Gradually add in evaporated milk while sitrring gently over medium heat.
- 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.
- 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.
Assembly
- Slice bananas and spread evenly over top of crumbs.
- Top with cooled pudding mixture.
- 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.
Notes
📖 SUBSTITUTIONS & VARIATIONS
🍽 EQUIPMENT
You'll need a pie pan (affiliate link) for this old-fashioned banana cream pie recipe. I like to use glass pie plates, as they tend to last longer (no denting or rusting). You can bake and serve your pies in them and they look nicer. You'll also need a medium sized pot/saucepan (affiliate link). A whisk (affiliate link) also comes in handy!
🥚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!
👪 SERVING SIZE
This recipe makes 1 whole 9 inch pie or 8 servings/pieces. But you can double or triple the recipe by simply clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust. However, you'll need additional pie plates.
🌡️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 recipe is 6 WW points.
- 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 (just adjust the WW points if you are following the program)
- 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
🍽 EQUIPMENT
You'll need a pie pan (affiliate link) for this old-fashioned banana cream pie recipe. I like to use glass pie plates, as they tend to last longer (no denting or rusting). You can bake and serve your pies in them and they look nicer. You'll also need a medium sized pot/saucepan (affiliate link). A whisk (affiliate link) also comes in handy!
🥚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!
👪 SERVING SIZE
This recipe makes 1 whole 9 inch pie or 8 servings/pieces. But you can double or triple the recipe by simply clicking on the blue serving number and selecting the number of servings you'd like. The ingredient quantities will automatically adjust. However, you'll need additional pie plates.
🌡️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 recipe is 6 WW points.
Nutrition Facts
🥧Old-Fashioned Healthy Banana Cream Pie Recipe
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 114
Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Cholesterol 3mg1%
Sodium 159mg7%
Potassium 243mg7%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 11g12%
Protein 7g14%
Vitamin A 433IU9%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 186mg19%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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
