Banana Pie

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup scalded milk
• 1/4 cup thin cream
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 large bananas, sliced thin
• 3 egg whites
• 1 baked pie shell

Steps

1. The card only lists the ingredients. Mix the sugar, salt, flour and slightly beaten egg yolks, then slowly stir in the scalded milk and cream.
2. Cook over low heat (or in a double boiler), stirring, until thick. Cool slightly and stir in the lemon juice.
3. Layer the sliced bananas in the baked pie shell and pour the custard over them.
4. Use the egg whites for a meringue on top and brown it in the oven.

Notes

Handwritten index card titled “Banana Pie” with ingredients only; the steps are filled in for a standard banana custard pie.

Several amounts were written over: the egg yolks and egg whites look changed from 2 to 3, and the thin cream amount (read as 1/4 cup) is written over too.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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