AVK’s BANANA CREAM CHEESE PIE

I buy shortbread cookies at the dollar store for this recipe.

I put them in a zip bag and crush them with a rolling pin

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Pour the crumbs into the butter and mix.

Mix until all the crumbs are buttery.

Pour crumbs into a spring form pan. (The sides come off)

Smoosh the crumbs down to pack them a bit.

Add the pudding, cream cheese mixture and chill for 3 or more hours.

You can press the sides with nuts, toffee, more crumbs etc… You can add bananas, strawberries, what ever you like!  I like it with just a little caramel sauce.  If you are really ambitious, you can make the pudding from scratch.  I will add a link to that recipe when I have finished typing it.  This is my absolute favorite dessert. 

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AVK's NO BAKE BANANA CHEESE PIE

Ingredients

• Crust:
• Shortbread cookies
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 stick butter
• Filling:
• 2 - 8oz. pkgs. cream cheese
• 1¼ cups sugar
• 1½ tsp vanilla
• 5 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 lg. pkg instant banana pudding

Instructions

1. Crust:
2. Put cookies in a zip bag and crush them with a rolling pin into fine crumbs.
3. Melt butter in a mixing bowl, add crumbs and sugar and mix well.
4. Line bottom of pie pan with crumbs. I use a spring form pan.
5. Filling:
6. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, add sugar and vanilla.
7. In another bowl, beat whipping cream until firm peaks form.
8. Add pudding mix to whipped cream, beat well. Fold cream into cheese mixture.
9. Pour filling on top of crust.
10. Refrigerate at least 3 hours.
11. Drizzle caramel over top.

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