Banana Pie

Rochelle Mokiao

Banana Pie

Ingredients:

1 Box of banana pudding mix

1 Block of cream cheese

Pie crust (The one you buy in the pie pan already)

1 Whole banana

1/2 cup of sugar 

Steps:

1. Mix the cream cheese and sugar together until it's smoothened out 

2. In another bowl put together the banana pudding mix

3. Lay the cream cheese and sugar mix into the pie pan and smoothen out so it is evenly distributed in the pan.

4. Add the banana pudding on top of the cream cheese and sugar mix and smoothen out again so that it is evenly distributed. 

5. Cut up the banana to top off the pie

6. Place the pie into the Fridge for 20 minutes to let settle

7. Enjoy!!!!!

I grew up constantly going to big family parties and even hosting our own. At any of these gatherings food and dessert were always so important, it's what made people want to stay. This dessert was one that was always served at every cook out, bbq, birthday, you name it. It goes back many years to when my grandparents would have get togethers they would make it also. So it has been apart of my family from times before I was born. There has never been a time where we didn't serve this pie, it's ultimately what brought our family together. I wouldn't say it's a top secret recipe because it's really simple and fast and takes little to no effort to make. However it serves as a greater meaning to my family regardless of its simplicity. It's also like the only thing I know how to make where my mom doesn't have to supervise me because it didn't require having to use the oven or anything. But that's besides the point, we also usually wait until 20 minutes before our guest is timed to arrive to make it just so that it can be more fresh I guess. Now with a big family like mine we would have to make 5 pans of banana pie to ensure everyone was able to have a piece or two. To get the 5 pans done me and my other siblings would all make one pie each, often times it would become a race until our mom yelled at us for messing around. But it never failed to bring such joy to everyone, so til this day we still make this same dessert.