Banana pudding pie

ingredients:
3/4 cup sugar
2 large eggs
4 egg yolks
2 cups milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup all purpose flour

cooking instructions:
1.  Set aside 30 vanilla wafers; pulse remaining vanilla wafers in food processor 8 to 10 times until coarsely crushed.  Stir together crushed vanilla wafers and butter until blended.  Firmly press on bottom, up sides and onto lip of 9 in. pieplate.
2.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 min.  Remove to a wire rack, let cool 30 min.
3.  Arrange banana slices evenly over bottom of crust.  Prepare vanilla cream filling and spread half of hot filling over bananas, top with 20 vanilla wafers.  Spread remaining hot filling over vanilla wafers.  Filling will be 1/4 in. over top of crust.
4.  Beat egg whites at high speed with electric mixer until foamy.  Add sugar 1 Tbsp. at a time, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves.  Spread meringue evenly over hot filling, sealing edges.
5.  Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 12 min.  Remove from oven, let cool 1 hour on wire rack.  Coarsely crush remaining 10 vanilla wafers and sprinkle evenly over top of pie.  Chill 4 hours.

Vanilla Cream Filling
1.  Whisk together first 5 ingredients in a heavy saucepan.  Cook over medium low heat, whisking constantly 8 to 10 min. or until it reaches the thickness of chilled pudding.  Mixture will just begin to bubble and will be thick enough to hold soft peaks when whisk is lifted.  Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.  Use immediately.