Pineapple Banana Creamy Dessert

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 10 tablespoons icing sugar, divided
• 2 bananas, ripe but firm
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (160 ml) can coconut milk, divided
• 1 (250 g) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 (19 ounce) can crushed pineapple, divided
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 16 banana chips (also called dried bananas) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 melt butter.
• 2 place graham cracker crumbs and 2 tbsp icing sugar into 9" square baking pan (or equivalent size bowl), add melted butter and mix until even.
• 3 set aside 1/3 cup of graham mixture and press remainder into bottom of pan.
• 4 drain pineapple, reserving 3 tbsp juice.
• 5 cut bananas into slices and place in bowl with water and lemon juice to prevent browning. after a few minutes, lay slices on paper towel, cover with another paper towel to dry.
• 6 spread banana slices over graham cracker crust.
• 7 set aside 2 tbsp of "cream" at the top of the coconut milk can and pour the rest into a medium bowl.
• 8 add 4 tbsp icing sugar and mix a few seconds.
• 9 add cream cheese and beat until smooth.
• 10 set aside 1/3 cup of pineapple, then add remaining pineapple to cream cheese mixture and mix until even, then spread over bananas in pan.
• 11 place reserved coconut cream and whipping cream in medium bowl and beat on high until it thickens.
• 12 add reserved pineapple juice, remaining 4 tbsp icing sugar and vanilla, and beat until soft peaks form.
• 13 fold in reserved pineapple and spread over cream cheese mixture in pan.
• 14 sprinkle reserved graham cracker mixture over whipped cream mixture and place banana chips on top.
• 15 serve immediately, or better yet, chill a few hours.