My favorite time to eat banana pudding is when it is hot. I also like chilled. I really don't enjoy it as much if it is at room temperature. I thought I would share the recipe that I use for Old Fashioned banana pudding. I use caranation evaporated milk. It does make a huge difference.
3/4 cup sugar
2 (heaping) tablespoons flour
1 cup evaoprated milk
2 egg yolks, (reserve whites for meringue)
1/2 stick butter
a pinch of salt
1 tsp pure vanilla extract (please use the best because you can't skimp here)
1 box vanilla wafers (Iuse full circle organic)
6 ripe bananas, sliced
Mix together sugar and flour in a small bowl, set aside.
Whisk egg yolks with evaporated milk and combine with the sugar/flour mixture in top of a double boiler. If you don't have a double boiler, a heavy sauce pan will work. Cook until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; cool and add vanilla. Line a dish with vanilla wafers, alternating with a layer of sliced bananas, then more wafers. I like to pour a thin layer of pudding over each layer of cookies and bananas as I am layering. If you decide to do this you will need to make a double batch. This will keep it from tasting dry.
Beat egg whites adding 4 tblsp of sugar, a pinch of cream of tarter and a teaspoon of vanilla until you get stiff peaks, and spread over layered pudding. Bake in a 350 degree oven until the top and peaks begin to get touch of golden brown. Yummy! This is great to serve for a reunion or potluck!
I just saw a recipe recently that I jotted down from a magazine in the Dr's office. It used nutter butter cookies instead of the vanilla wafers. Ummm... Sounds interesting because I love "nutter butter cookies" I usually don't buy those now and purchase the organic kind that taste just like them! I will give this a try soon and share my results!
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