Caramelized Banana Ice Cream Pie

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 7 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 quart butter pecan ice cream or 1 quart dulce de leche ice cream or 1 quart chocolate ice cream, slightly softened
• 1 (9 ounce) extra serving prepared graham cracker pie crusts or 1 (9 ounce) your own deep dish graham cracker pie crusts
• 3 medium bananas
• 1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons maple syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger (optional)

Recipe

• 1 spoon softened ice cream into crust, being careful not to break the crust.
• 2 cover and freeze at least 1 hours or til firmly set.
• 3 coat unlit grill rack with nonstick cooking spray.
• 4 preheat grill to medium heat.
• 5 peel but do not remove a 1 inch strip from each banana.
• 6 replace strip.
• 7 place bananas on grill.
• 8 grill, covered 5 minutes.
• 9 grill 5 minutes longer.
• 10 meanwhile, toast pecan.
• 11 place pecans in 8-in square pan and place directly on grill (or use med. saucepan on side burner).
• 12 cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes to lightly brown pecans.
• 13 add brown sugar, butter, whipping cream, maple syrup, and ginger to pecans.
• 14 cook and stir until sugar is dissolved and mixture bubbles slightly.
• 15 remove sauce from heat.
• 16 remove and discard peels from bananas.
• 17 cut bananas into pieces.
• 18 stir into hot sauce.
• 19 cut pie into serving slices.
• 20 spoon sauce over each serving.