Apple Custard

My friend Ian and I decided we should get together and bake again, since last time we did this we created an amazingly beautiful Funfetti cake:

This time we baked an apple custard and surprisingly succeeded! Ian, his wife Jen and I ate almost the entire thing in one sitting, so I decided to try again at home by myself.

First I peeled and sliced the apples.

Then I whipped up the custard until it was super bubbly. I like bubbles.

This crust was cooked with the filling unlike the banana cream pie.

I spread out the apple slices so that they covered the entire bottom of the crust.

Next, I poured the custard slowly over the apples.

Magic happens in the oven: the apples end up evenly layered throughout the custard with a layer on the top.






Another delicious pie. My boyfriend Ray isn't a big fan of cooked fruit, so I pretty much ate this entire pie to myself. One day I will be fat. One day.

Banana Cream

This was the first pie I had ever made. It's my boyfriend's favorite, so I wanted to do it right. I did everything from scratch. No cheating with frozen crust and boxed pudding. It was easier than I thought and EXTREMELY DELICIOUS! I topped it with homemade whipped cream and we finished it off in no time.

Butter, flour, a pinch of salt and a little water-
Voila! Crust!

Next was the pudding. I definitely had never made pudding from scratch before, so I was a little intimidated.

Somewhere I learned how to separate egg yolks from the whites...

After the mixture became crumbly, I had to add it to the milk and butter on the stove.

Things were looking good, but the pudding was still so runny.

I let it cook a little longer and soon it started to thicken up. Time for the bananas!

I had never had banana cream pie before, so I had no idea what I was doing or what it was supposed to look like. The recipe said to slice the bananas longways and then in half, but I thought this was prettier.

I covered the bananas with the warm pudding and added a few more to the top. A few hours in the fridge and it was ready to be devoured.






I'd like to thank Goodwill for my hefty wooden rolling pin and solid metal pie pan. I'd also like to thank my oven for somehow not destroying my crust.