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Banana Cream Pie Filling

Recipe No. 398 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Pies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Desserts · Pie

Serves 100 servings
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 398 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Pies. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Directions

  1. Pour ½ cooked filling in recipe for cream pie filling into baked pie shells. Cover with layer of sliced bananas using 20 pounds (15 No. 56 dippers)
  2. for the 18 pies. Pour remaining filling over bananas. Cover with meringue (recipe No. 417) if desired.

Notes

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 398, Pies. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.