Easy Banoffee Pie Recipe
My husband is sharing another one of his fabulous pies with you. This easy banoffee pie recipe has the yummiest thick, creamy, toffee-style filling and texture that you just want to sink your teeth in but the filling isn’t the only good thing because the pie crust could be a dessert on its own.
Best easy banoffee pie recipe
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And here he goes and he wrote it all by himself:
“Hello there. I’m the husband! I’m the one who gets the pleasure of reading each and every post and editing my foreign wife’s English. Honestly, her grammar is really good considering it’s her second language. Most of the things my wife says about me are true, I never want to give in to all her considerations until after a project is over, and Julia is almost always right and things look beautiful. As you’ve noticed. So, while my wife keeps busy doing A LOT of design-related projects, I spend many of my days in an office space or now that spring is coming around, I’d rather be digging in the dirt or in the kitchen.
I love baking and I especially prefer to bake pies. There is something about the crust! Over the years we’ve acquired many cookbooks, and I’ve perused many dessert recipes looking for different pies or pastries to make. One day, I found a particular pie recipe in Martha Day’s 1000 recipes cookbook. The pie is called Boston Banoffee Pie. Growing up I always loved Skor candy bars which are toffee-filled chocolate bars. This pie was described as being creamy, toffee-style filling which caught my eye knowing I like toffee flavor. Little did I know, it would be such a fan favorite. And if you are wondering about the name banoffee, well the name comes from the main ingredients: banana and toffee! And this version is specifically called Boston Banoffee Pie.
Ingredients for Boston Banoffee Pie
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2 TBSP golden syrup
Optional ingredients
- sliced bananas for the top (optional)
- whipped cream (optional)
- slivered chocolate on top (optional)
I’m mentioning the last three ingredients as optional because we love the pie without any toppings but if you go in line with the pie’s name banoffee, well then you definitely need the banana on top.
Banoffee Pie baking instructions
The ingredients seemed simple enough even though the main ingredient, sweetened condensed milk, I’ve never baked with. And the crust was not your typical pastry crust. After the first time I made it, my family LOVED it, they crave it, and if I made the pie every day, they’d eat it every day. So, this is how you make it, it’s really quite simple for even the worst bakers out there with simple ingredients. However, the outcome tastes incredible!
The pie crust instructions
First, for the crust, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. If you have caster sugar, use caster sugar, it is fine-grained sugar, though most pantries don’t have this. So mix together 1 1/4 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of room temperature butter, and 1/4 cup of regular or caster sugar. Squeeze the mixture together with your hands until it forms a ball of dough. Press the dough firmly into the base of an 8-inch pie pan. Bake just the crust in the oven for 25-30 minutes until it starts to turn light brown.
The pie filling instructions
While the dough is in the oven, you slow cook the rest of the ingredients in a medium stick-free saucepan. Make sure you choose one that doesn’t stick. Mix the sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, and syrup over medium heat and stir almost continuously. Bring it to a gentle boil which takes upwards of 10 minutes to get it to a gentle boil and cook at a gentle boil for approximately 7 minutes, stirring continuously. If you don’t stir continuously, it will burn on the bottom. I use a rubber spatula to stir it, it seems to work the best. It will turn a light caramel color and smell wonderful at this stage. After 7 minutes you can remove it from the heat.
When the crust is done baking, you simply pour the ingredients which just finished boiling gently into the pie crust and refrigerate. If the pie has time to refrigerate overnight, the pie tastes better.
More yummy dessert and pie recipes
- best pumpkin pie with fresh pumpkin (gluten-free version included)
- gluten-free key lime pie
- toffee tassies recipe
- German poppy seed streusel crumble cake recipe
- my grandmother’s German layered cake called Schichttorte
This pie tastes great as is, but can be served with sliced bananas, slivered chocolate, and whipped cream. Always a fan favorite!
So now you also met my hubby. And trust me when I say that you really have to try out this pie. It’s so good. I’ve posted it on Instagram before when he bakes it. It’s become an entire family obsession!
(I loved the sentence: “Julia is almost always right“ LOL and no I didn’t edit that in there after he was done 🙂
Let me know if you do and what you think if you try it, ok?
Tschüß and have a great weekend,
Easy Banoffee Pie Recipe
This easy banoffee pie recipe has the yummiest thick, creamy, toffee-style filling and texture that you just want to sink your teeth in but the filling isn't the only good thing because the pie crust could be a dessert on its own.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1 cup butter
- 1/4 cup caster sugar
- 14 oz can of sweetened condensed milk
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar
- 2 tbsp golden syrup
Instructions
Pie crust instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees
- Mix together 1 1/4 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of room temperature butter, and 1/4 cup of regular or caster sugar. Squeeze the mixture together with your hands until it forms a ball of dough.
- Press the dough firmly into the base of an 8-inch pie pan.
- Bake just the crust in the oven for 25-30 minutes until it starts to turn light brown.
While the dough is in the oven, you slow cook the rest of the ingredients in a medium stick-free saucepan.
Pie filling instructions
- Mix the sweetened condensed milk, 1/2 cup butter, brown sugar, and syrup over medium heat and stir almost continuously.
- Bring it to a gentle boil which takes upwards of 10 minutes to get it to a gentle boil and cook at a gentle boil for approximately 7 minutes, stirring continuously. If you don't stir continuously, it will burn on the bottom. I use a rubber spatula to stir it, it seems to work the best. It will turn a light caramel color and smell wonderful at this stage.
- After 7 minutes you can remove it from the heat.
When the crust is done baking, you simply pour the ingredients which just finished boiling gently into the pie crust and refrigerate. If the pie has time to refrigerate overnight, the pie tastes better.
Notes
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 sliceAmount Per Serving: Calories: 517
enjoy your weekend with your dad! and this pie looks delicious- but then again anything with that much brown sugar, butter , an sweetened condensed milk usually is. 🙂
Thanks I will and yes butter and sugar are delicious together!
I’ve heard of this pie before, but never had it. Do you ship to Georgia, because it sure looks good?! Thank you for sharing I will definitely have to give this recipe a go.
His sister ships to Georgia LOL, but her pies don’t have butter 🙁 since they are Vegan.
Let me know what you think when you try it.
Always fun when hubby’s prepare us delicious food like this! 🙂 would love to try this recipe! 🙂 Hope you will have a great weekend with your father!
Yes, it’s awesome when the hubby cooks and you should totally try it.
To heck with breakfast…I’ll just have some pie and coffee please!
Sounds good to me too! I’ll have it for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Nothing better than a man who cooks. =)
Right? That’s what my mom says too 🙂 because my dad is a great cook.
Um…YUM. I want this for breakfast immediately.
LOL, I could eat this every day. And no matter how hard I try to stay away from it when he makes it, I simply can’t 😉
Oh fun, Ikea…I’m so jealous!
How cute is this post? Great hubby & great recipe too! I am definitely making this pie TODAY. I have everything but the banana’s. Well, I don’t have the golden syrup, but I have trouble remembering the difference between treacle and golden syrup….. so will just use Karo Syrup. And I love the pastry recipe too.. since I have no room to roll pie dough.
Thank you for sharing this great recipe Julia and King Konya aka Hubby.
Let me know what you think if you make it!
That looks quite yummy. (Wow, a husband who blogs AND knows his way around the kitchen–lucky girl!) Have a wonderful time with your Dad!
I think he had fun doing this baking and blogging thing 😉 and thanks I will!
Haha, you guys sound like you’re awesome together! And that pie looks delicious…gahhh, I might have to cave and do some backing this weekend.
(My husband used to have long scraggly shoulder-length hair in high school…he looked like a girl haha. His mom was a hair dresser and she used him as her styling guinea pig! Thank goodness we got reacquainted after he chopped all the hair off!)
supposed to be “baking” not “backing”…thank goodness today is Friday 🙂
LOL, hair guinea pig…That’s funny!
Yes, try to make it, you won’t regret it!
Oh Boy your hubby is some good looking young— man and he bakes!!!!!!
I’m forwarding this post to MC, ASAP!
I thoroughly enjoyed reading his Post. He’s great at it!
What a great idea!
Can’t wait for MC to make that pie!
Thanks so much—–
So you have a baker too? It’s great isn’t it?
And believe me, you will love the pie.
What a lucky lady to have a husband that can make you such yummy things! I would want him to bake for me every day! This looks delicious.
Thanks Kristen, if he would bake for me everyday I wouldn’t fit into anything anymore 😉
Yum! Seems simple enough and looks mighty tasty! I wish I could get my husband to read my blog entries ; ]
I think every husband should read their wife’s blog posts 😉
Well that looks delicious…and relatively easy! Maybe I can show this to my hubby and he will bake for me on Mother’s Day??? Hmmm…nothing better than a hubby who can bake! 😉 Jesse @ Scout & Nimble
Oh this looks SO YUMMY! Great to “meet” the hubby as well:)
xo
amy
http://www.theblissfulbeeblog.com
I don’t let Nate touch the blog. His grammar is horrible. 😛 Great post…and that pie looks ah-mazing!
Hi Julia’s hubby!! That pie looks sooooo goood!!
Hi Julie, this looks delicious and thanks to you and hubby for sharing! 🙂 Visiting from Fluster Buster’s party and look forward to following you. Have a wonderful day! [email protected]
There is only one thing better than a man who bakes and that’s one that cleans! Thank you for sharing on Fluster’s Creative Muster.
Robin
Fluster Buster
Sounds sooooo delicious!
I am so pinning this pie to my ‘YUMMY’ board. Simple AND yummy to boot? Doesn’t get any better than that! 🙂
This recipe looks so delicious! I’m going to have to try it!
This pie is just wonderful. So easy. I have made it twice already, but tonight I am using the crust again.for a Pineapple pie. I might never make my old Pate Brisee recipe ever again.
What is golden syrup? This looks delish!
It is so so good, I promise. My kids fight over it when my husband makes it.
You can use regular maple syrup my hubby said. I don’t know why they write golden syrup in the recipe