This Banoffee Pie recipe is so delicious and so easy to make! It's rich and dreamy. While this is very easy to make and the active time making it is about 10 minutes, the passive time on it is about 6 hours, so plan accordingly.
Dulce de leche? It's fine. Bananas? They're fine. Whipped cream? Also fine. But put them all together and I. can't. stop. eating. How do you take such ordinary not exciting flavors and put them together and achieve heavenly status?! Sometimes I just can't.
Banoffee Pie is popular year round. It is especially popular as a holiday dessert as it's beautiful and delicious. It feels and tastes fancy but is very easy to make.
This was inspired by our Easy Banana Cream Pie and would go great at a dessert table paired with our Double Layer Pumpkin Pie and Caramel Apple Pie or our popular OREO Brownie Trifle.
Instructions
1. First: Make the dulce de leche by placing a can of sweetened condensed milk in a large pot of boiling water. Boil for 3 hours, checking every 20 minutes to make sure the can stays covered. Allow to cool 20 minutes. Make the graham cracker crust by crushing the graham crackers and mixing with melted butter and pressing into the pie plate.
2. Bake crust in a 350*F oven for 4 minutes to set. Remove from oven and allow to cool. Open sweetened condensed milk and pour the dulce de leche onto the graham cracker crust. Carefully smooth across the crust, being careful as the dulce de leche is thick and sticky and can pull up the crust a bit. Refrigerate for 3 hours.
3. Slice bananas into rounds, around ¼ inch thick. Cover the dulce de leche in the bananas. Try not keep eating if you happen to sample this deliciousness 😉
4. Make the whipped topping by using the whisk attachment and an electric mixer. Beat the heavy whipping cream and vanilla until it just starts to thicken a little bit. Add the powdered sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Spread across bananas.
Hint: Garnish to make it prettier! Some ideas are: toffee bits, more bananas, chocolate shavings or curls or a light dusting of cocoa powder (be careful not to overload with chocolate!)
Substitutions and Variations
- Banoffee Pie with Pretzel Crust - Use 2 ½ cups crushed pretzels and instead of the graham crackers and 5 Tablespoons butter for that salty sweet goodness!
- Chocolate - for a chocolate version, use 2 ½ cups crushed chocolate cookies and 5 Tablespoons butter for the crust. Then top with chocolate syrup or hot fudge while serving.
- Pre-made crust - feel free to use a store bought crust to go with this! We always prefer homemade, but store bought will work in a pinch!
Equipment
Storage
Store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. It won't go bad for quite a bit longer. However, the whipped topping will start to weep into the rest of the pie, so we do recommend eating it up within a couple days!
We have not tried freezing this recipe. If you decide to freeze, freeze while it's still fresh and allow to thaw on the counter for one hour before eating. Do not thaw a long time or the whipped topping will melt everywhere.
Top Tip
Don't let the dulce de leche cool too long after it's been boiling! It's much easier to work with and spread across the crust while it's still warm.
Recipe
Banoffee Pie
- Total Time: 6 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
Description
Banana and dulce de leche come together to form one of the world's favorite flavors: banoffee! This banoffee pie is full of wonderful textures and flavors and will be a hit at any gathering.
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 11 sheets graham cracker, crushed
- ¼ cup salted butter, melted
For the dulce de leche:
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
For the whipped topping:
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Additonal:
- 3 bananas, sliced
Optional for garnish:
- toffee bits
- cocoa powder or chocolate shavings/ crumbles
Instructions
- Make the Dulce De Leche: Put a (regular) 14 oz. can of sweetened milk in a large pot and cover with water. Then fill it some more. You want it to be pretty deep in the water.
- Boil the water for 3 hours, checking the water every 20-30 minutes and adding more whenever the water starts to get low. The can could explode if it isn't covered in water. I like to microwave the water before adding it, so that the water doesn't cool too much.
- While it's boiling make the graham cracker crust. Preheat oven to 350*F.
- Crush the graham crackers and place in pie plate. Melt the butter and pour the butter over the top and mix together. Push the crust against the bottom and edges of the pie plate.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 4 minutes to set the crust. This part is optional, but helps the crust stay in place while spreading the dulce de leche. Allow the crust to cool for 15-20 minutes.
- Open the can and place dulce de leche on the graham cracker crust. Spread it out evenly then refrigerate for 3 hours.
- After it's cooled, cut the bananas into rounds. Place the banana rounds on top of the dulce de leche. Gently press bananas slightly down into the dulce de leche.
- Next, make the whipped topping. Using the wire attachment on an electric mixer, whip the heavy whipping cream and vanilla in a large bowl just until it starts to thicken a bit. Add the powdered sugar. You can add more if you like it sweeter, but the pie is pretty sweet already from the dulce de leche. Mix on high until peaks begin to form, another minute or two.
- Spoon over top of the bananas and spread it around evenly.
- Top with any garnishes desired: toffee bits, more bananas, chocolate shavings, cocoa powder.
- Serve immediately and Enjoy!
Notes
Don't allow the dulce de leche to cool too much before spreading on the crust. It's much easier to work with while it's warm.
Keep as cold as possible before serving, refrigerate any leftovers immediately.
Eat within 24 hours of making.
- Prep Time: 6 hours 10 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: mixing
- Cuisine: American
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Banoffee pie is banana and toffee (dulce de leche) pie. It's a graham cracker crust with a layer of dulce de leche, then bananas, then whipped topping. It's amazing!
Siri
Have you ever tried freezing it? Need some pie recipes I can make early.
Nicole
I have not personally tried freezing it, but all of the ingredients can be frozen without a negative effect! I'd recommend only thawing it for about an hour at most before serving. If it thaws too much it will probably weep.
Bless my food by payal
Banoffee Pie is one recipe in my wishlist since long. Thanks for giving me a push to go ahead. This is one such lovely post.
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JCaryl
I'd never had banoffee before, and I am impressed! Will definitely make again!
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Nicole
My family loves this! I’m not much of a banana person and I even enjoyed it. So yummy! Thanks!
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Jed
First time having this pie and I'm in love with it!
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kushigalu
I can't wait to try this dessert. So delicious and beautiful. Thanks for the recipe.
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