Recipe: Banana Breeze Pie (with corn flake crust, Mr. Food)

BANANA BREEZE PIE

FOR THE CRUST:
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon (optional)
1 cup corn flake crumbs
FOR THE FILLING:
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup and 2 tbsp. lemon juice, divided use
1 tsp. vanilla extract
5 medium-size ripe bananas, sliced, divided use

TO PREPARE THE CRUST:
Melt margarine, sugar and cinnamon in small saucepan. Place over low heat, stir constantly until bubbles form around edges of pan; remove from heat.

Add crushed corn flakes; mix well. Press mixture evenly in 9-inch pie pan to form crust. Chill.

TO PREPARE THE FILLING:
Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add 1/3 cup lemon juice and vanilla and stir until thickened. Slice 3 of the bananas;
line crust with slices. Turn filling into crust; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until firm. Do not freeze.

TO SERVE:
Slice the other 2 bananas and dip into remaining lemon juice. Garnish top of pie with banana slices.

Makes 1 (9-inch) pie, 8 servings
Adapted from source: The Mr. Food Cookbook