Banana Split Pie

Ingredients

• 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 Heaping Tbs (15-20 ml) Granulated Sugar
• 1 large can crushed pineapple, drained, with juice reserved
• 3 or 4 bananas, sliced
• 8-oz package cream cheese, softened
• 1½ cups powdered sugar
• ½ stick butter (57 g)
• 1 8-oz tub of Cool Whip
• Cherry halves for garnish
• Pecans for garnish (optional)

Preparation

1. Melt the butter in a 9x13 pan in the oven.
2. Mix in graham cracker crumbs and granulated sugar, and press into a crust in the pan.
3. Layer sliced bananas over crust.
4. Drain pineapple, squeezing out as much liquid as you can. Reserve ⅓ cup of the juice.
5. Spread crushed pineapple over bananas.
6. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, and reserved pineapple juice. Spread over pineapple.
7. Top with a layer of CoolWhip.
8. Garnish with cherry halves (and pecans).

This is the right recipe, copied from the photocopy from the yellow Calling All Cooks book, submitted by Marguerite Hays of the Birmingham West Council.