Recipe: Banana Caramel Cream Dessert

INGREDIENTS

Vanilla Pastry Cream (recipe below)

Bananas (I used two bananas for 6 small dessert servings)

Good quality caramel sauce, or dulce de leche.

Fresh whipped cream (I used 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream and 1 Tablespoon powdered sugar)

Vanilla Pastry Cream

2/3 cup

sugar (can be reduced to 1/2 cup if you prefer desserts less sweet)

1/4 cup

cornstarch

1/2 tsp

salt

3 cups

whole milk

eggs

2 tbsp

butter

1 tbsp

vanilla extract (or 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste)

Graham Cracker Crumble

1 1/2 cups

graham cracker crumbs (about 10 full sized crackers)

1/3 cup

butter, melted

1 tbsp

sugar