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With my birthday mere days away, I had to write one more recipe to cross #7 off my 31 before 32. This weekend’s trip to the VegFest inspired me to create a vegan dessert. I did some research, cobbled together bits and pieces of some things that I found interesting, and came up with this recipe.

Ingredients

• 2 cans of full fat unsweetened coconut milk
• 2/3 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 2 tbsp vanilla extract
• 2-3 bananas
• 1 box vanilla wafers
• 1/3 cup melted vegan butter (I used Earth Balance)

Directions

1. Pre-heat over to 350 F and spray pie tin with nonstick spray.
2. Crush all the cookies into crumbs and mix with the vegan butter.
3. Pat the crumb mixture into the prepared tin and bake for 10 minutes.
4. While your crust cools, pour the coconut milk into the pan and heat, ultimately to a boil.
5. As your coconut milk heats, combine cornstarch with 1/4 cup of the heating milk.
6. After the cornstarch has completely dissolved,  add the sugar and stir.
7. Right as your coconut milk beings to bubble, whisk in the cornstarch mixture.
8. Once the mixture again reaches a boil, remove from heat and whisk for 2 minutes while it thickens. Set aside to cool slightly.
9. While your “custard” cools, slice your bananas and layer them on your cooled crust.
10. Pour the custard over your sliced bananas and place the entire pie in the fridge for at least an hour to set.
11. Enjoy!
    * To take your pie to the next level, sprinkle with toasted coconut when you serve it 😉

All in all, not bad for my first vegan custard.