Banana Vanilla Crisp

Banana Vanilla Crisp with Oatmeal Cookie Crumb Crust	Sunset at Poipu beach, Kauai
Banana Vanilla Cream 1/3 c. unbleached flour ¼ tsp. salt 2 c. milk 2 eggs 1 ¼ tsp. vanilla 5 medium bananas, peeled and sliced	Slice bananas into an 8" square baking dish. In medium saucepan, mix sugar, flour and salt. Whisk in milk and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly and slightly thickened. Beat eggs in separate bowl.. Ladle ¼ c. hot milk into the eggs and stir. Repeat with another ¼ c. hot milk. Then stir egg mixture into remaining milk mixture in saucepan and cook, whisking constantly, for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. When butter has completely melted, pour over bananas in baking dish and bake 20 mins. at 350 degrees. Chill until firm.
Oatmeal Cookies for Crumbs ¾ c. soft shortening 1 ½ c. granulated sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. vanilla ½ c. water 2 ½ c. unbleached flour ½ tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. soda 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. cinnamon ½ tsp. cloves 2 c. rolled oats ½ c. sliced almonds	Cream shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla together. Stir in water. Mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cinnamon and cloves together and stir into creamed mixture. Add oats and nuts. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls 2” apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 12 mins. at 400 degrees or until brown. Remove cookies to rack to cool.
Crumb Topping 1 dozen oatmeal cookies ¼ c. butter or margarine ¼ c. brown sugar	Process cookies into coarse crumbs. Microwave butter and brown sugar together until butter is melted. Stir in crumbs. Preheat broiler. Spread crumb mixture over top of chilled banana cream and broil until browned and bubbly. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
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Banana Vanilla Crisp with Oatmeal Cookie Crumb Crust