Old fashion Banana Pudding - Cooking With Angie

Banana pudding is one dessert that all Southern woman should know how to make! I learned to make this simple but powerful pudding when I was in my teens.

Over the years I have added my own touch to the recipe, omitting eggs is one, I don`t really need them so to me its wasting to add them. I have also discovered banana flavoring, not necessary but it adds a little punch. Although I made this one with straight vanilla flavor instead of mixing both.

You will need :

2 ripe bananas 

1 small bag of vanilla wafers 

1 1/2 cups of milk

2/3 cups of sugar

2 heaping tablespoons of flour

1 tablespoon vanilla flavor 

Or 1 teaspoon vanilla flavor and 1 teaspoon banana extract

First :

In a medium size bowl later the bottom with vanilla wafers, then top with  sliced banana rings, then add another layer of vanilla wafer and another later of bananas, reserve vanilla wafers for the top. Set this aside.

In a large stainless steel cooking pot add the sugar and flour and the vanilla flavor.

Slowly add a little milk at a time, stirring to make sure the flour does not lump.

Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly so it will not stick to the bottom, as the milk begins to boil it will thicken. Cook till its of medium thickness.

Remove from heat.

Pour the hot pudding over the layered bananas and vanilla wafers.

Top with the reserved vanilla wafers.  (I poured the crumb in also:)

Refrigerate for around and hour. 

I have learned that banana pudding is a welcomed dessert after just about any meal and in the hot summer time it has been known to be a meal all by itself. I have not found a pudding that beats a banana pudding as pleasing a crowd of people.

By Andria Perry

Photo By Andria Perry

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