The sure test of the quality of any supposed change of heart will be found in its permanent effects. Whatever, therefore, may have been our inward experience, whatever joy or sorrow we may have felt, unless we bring forth fruits meet for repentance, our experience will profit us nothing. Repentance is incomplete unless it leads to confession and restitution in cases of injury; unless it causes us to forsake not merely outward sins, which others notice, but those which lie concealed in the heart; unless it makes us choose the service of God and live not for ourselves but for Him. There is no duty, which is either more obvious in itself, or more frequently asserted in the Word of God, than that of repentance.

Charles Hodge

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy			6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/4	c	Chocolate-wafer-cookie crumbs
4	tb	Unsalted butler; melted
3	lg	Egg yolks
3/4	c	Sugar
3	tb	Cornstarch
1/4	ts	Salt
1 1/2	c	Milk
1	tb	Unsalted butter
1	ts	Pure vanilla extract
1/2	c	Heavy cream; plus additional for garnish, (optional)
3		Ripe bananas
1/2	c	Finely chopped pecans

INSTRUCTIONS

CRUST
FILLING
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Crust: Combine cookie crumbs and melted butter in a small bowl. Press
mixture over the bottom and sides ola 9-inch pie plate.
Bake crust in center of oven for 7 minutes. Cool completely on a rack.
Filling: Beat egg yolks in a heavy medium-size saucepan. Mix in sugar,
cornstarch, and salt; stir in milk. Add butter and cook over medium heat,
stirring constantly for 5 to 7 minutes, until butter is melted and mixture
is bubbling and thick.
Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla. Transfer custard to a glass bowl
and press a piece of plastic wrap to the surface. Chill for 2 hours.
Assembly: Whip heavy cream to stiff peaks and fold gently but thoroughly
into chilled custard. Peel and slice 2 bananas and arrange over bottom of
crust. Spoon filling over bananas. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate
for at least 6 hours.
Before serving, remove plastic wrap. Peel and slice remaining banana and
arrange slices around the perimeter. Sprinkle the center with the chopped
pecans and garnish with whipped cream.
Happily Busted w/ no CATS! <barbra@theoffice.net> 1998
Recipe by: Sheila Lukins U.S.A. Cookbook - Bon Appetit
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Barbra<barbra@pipeline.com> on Mar 01, 1998

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