![]() I am humbled and overwhelmed by the generosity of this community, and while there is no good news right now, there is a speck of comfort knowing that fewer are going hungry because of it. * Ukraine: The SK Facebook and Instagram fundraisers for World Central Kitchen, who are feeding those fleeing the war right now, have currently raised a combined $396K. It’s also now ad-free! You can sign up here. Banana cream pie recipe full#* The Smitten Kitchen Weekly Digest: A newsletter full of notes, updates, and recipe ideas that goes out every Monday morning had a big week and a move to a new system. ebook of The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook is on sale ($2.99!) for the next few days-you can order a copy online from the store of your choice. There are seven hours left in Pi(e) Day: I think we know what to do. I think keeping the sweetness in check and getting the salt level right really helps, but it’s just objectively good: vanilla-flecked pastry cream, plumes of whipped cream, burrowed bananas, a cookie crust. It’s far more complex than it seems, and abundantly cozy. My biggest change was to make a ‘nilla wafer crust, a nod to classic banana pudding with the cookies instead but aside from smaller tweaks - I like to one-bowl my custards, I prefer whipped cream barely sweet with a tiny bit of tang from sour cream - I kept to the classic script and every single person in my family, including the two who don’t like bananas at all, couldn’t get enough of it. So, a month ago I made one as classically as possible, using The Book On Pie from the talented Erin McDowell as guidance. And I wanted to truly like it because I hate it when I don’t get a meme, a joke, or find the charm in something beloved by millions of people. I wanted to shake it up with dark toffee sauce or bittersweet chocolate shavings, brown butter, or flaky sea salt, but having to change something to get yourself to like it isn’t really the same thing as truly liking it. Although I like bananas, cream, pie, and also custard, I’ve never been really into banana cream pie because something about it all together always seemed so one-note, soft, and sweet. As a lifelong picky person who has brought another picky person into the world, my single biggest hope is that she’s as burdened by the things she doesn’t like as I am, and as eager to shed them. ![]()
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