Nilla Wafer Banana Pudding
Original homemade nilla banana pudding recipe that is easy to pull together and delicious beyond words!Original homemade nilla banana pudding recipe that is easy to pull together and delicious beyond words!
Ingredients
- ¾ cup granulated sugar, divided into ½ and ¼
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- dash of salt
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 cups whole milk
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 45 Nilla Wafers
- 5 ripe bananas, divided (about 3 ½ cups)
- additional wafers and banana slices for garnish
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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In a double boiler, mix sugar, flour and salt in the top of double boiler.
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Stir in 3 egg yolks and milk.
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Cook, uncovered, over boiling water. Stir constantly, until pudding is thickened, about 10-12 minutes.
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Reserve about 10 wafers for garnish.
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Layer a small amount of pudding at bottom of 1 ½ quart baking dish, the layer nilla wafers, then banana slices, repeating for 3 layers, ending with custard.
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Bake Banana Pudding in top half of oven for 15-20 minutes, until the top of meringue is slightly browned.
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Remove from oven and cool slightly. Garnish with reserved wafers and banana slices. Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Note: Since you need to end the layering with pudding, you will need 4 layers of pudding and 3 layers of wafers and banana slices. So, plan accordingly, when you cover the bottom of the baking dish with the first round of pudding.
Slightly adapted from Nilla Wafer Box.