Banana Cream Pie in Chocolate Chip Cookie Crust

This is the recipe from Gourmet (April 2001) that I used for the banana cream pie I made for Roland's birthday. The pie filling is delicious--really rich, custardlike and a nice complement to the bananas.

The crust was a bit fiddly to make and next time I might just substitute the chocolate chip cookie crust with a chocolate cookie crumb crust or just a plain old graham cracker crust.

To decorate the pie, I drizzled melted leftover chocolate ganache over the whipped cream. Chocolate curls might also be nice.