Southern Banana Pudding
A nostalgic Southern dessert featuring layers of creamy vanilla pudding, ripe bananas, and crunchy vanilla wafers.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 270 minutes
- Yield: 6-8 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: Southern
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ripe bananas
- 1 box vanilla wafers
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Whisk together the milk, cream, sugar, egg yolks, cornstarch, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat until it thickens, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat and fold in the vanilla extract.
- Start layering in a large serving dish: begin with a layer of vanilla wafers, followed by sliced bananas, then pour in the pudding. Repeat until all ingredients are used.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours to allow it to set.
Notes
Serve topped with whipped cream or crushed vanilla wafers. Best enjoyed chilled.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 340
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 67mg
- Fat: 17g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 110mg
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