Friday, March 20, 2009

BANANA SPLIT CHEESECAKE PIE

I found this recipe several months ago.  It was good but I changed and added a few things to make it extra special.  Is it a first place pie?  We will find out tonite!

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The Cast of Characters

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Of course I have to use my special pie plate

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And we need the recipe

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Start out by making the crust:  1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup melted butter.

Combine and press into pie plate.  Bake at 375* for 8-10 minutes.  Cool on wire rack

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Next we need a layer of chocolate.  Combine 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk and an ounce

of unsweetened baking chocolate over low heat.  Cook and stir until mixture thickens.  This

take about 4-5 minutes.  Pour over crust and spread out.  Put in refrigerator to cool.

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Drain an 8 ounce can of crushed pineapple.  Don’t throw out the juice, we need it.

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OK so when I took the crust out of the oven I knocked over the pineapple.  These scrapers from Pampered Chef

really do a great job on spills.  Do you think I used the pineapple off the floor?  Hey my floors are clean!

Just kidding, I always buy two of all the ingredients when I enter a contest, for reasons like this.

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Slice 2 bananas into a bowl and pour 2 Tablespoons of pineapple juice over them.

Let them bathe in the juice for about 5 minutes. 

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Drain the bananas and arrange over the chocolate layer.

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In a large mixing bowl, combine an 8 ounce cream cheese and 2 Tablespoons

of the pineapple juice. 

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Beat in 1 1/2 cups of softened pineapple sherbet.

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Dump in one small box of instant vanilla pudding and beat for 2 minutes.

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Measure out 1/3 cup of pineapple and pour the rest into the cream cheese mixture.

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Fold in two cups of whipped cream. 

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Spread over banana slices.  And lick the spoon and bowl.

Freeze until firm.

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Remove from freezer and arrange cherries and pineapple around edges of pie

Drizzle with caramel and chocolate syrups.

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Fill center with remaining whipped cream and top with chopped pecans and cherries.

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