Joyce's Banana Cream Pie

From Joyce S.  She has taught classes twice that I can remember to the ward of how to make her Famous Banana Cream Pie.  Here is the recipe...

One Crust Pie
8 or 9 inch

1 C. Gold Medal Flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 C. plus 1 T shortening or 1/3 C. lard
2 to 3 T. cold water

blend dry ingredients.  Cut in shortening.  Add Cold water.  Roll out.  Place in pie tin.  Cook for 12-15 minutes at 475 degrees.

Banana Cream Pie filling
3/4 C. sugar
3 T. corn starch
1/4 tsp salt
2 C. half and half
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 T. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

In saucepan combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.  Gradually stir in half and half.  Cook and stir 2 minutes on medium high heat.  Remove from heat.  Stir moderate amount of hot mixture into egg yolks to warm them up. Immediately return egg yolks (with the hot mixture you added to them) to the hot mixture still in the pan.  Cook for 2 more minutes stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Add butter and vanilla.  Allow to cool (before placing filling in pie shell).

Slice 2 bananas into pie shell.  Add cool filling on top.  Slice 1 banana on top of filling.

Top with 1/2 pint whipped cream (beaten in whipped cream).  Refrigerate until ready to serve.