Creamy Banana Pudding

 

Who doesn't love banana pudding? It's creamy (this one is super creamy!), cold, sweet, has vanilla wafers in it AND it's healthy because of the bananas...right?!? haha! Me. I'm not a super fan of the stuff. My husband Anthony loooooves banana pudding. Especially my mom's recipe. He's been craving it lately with seeing banana pudding Blue Bell ice cream, and a certain chicken sandwich fast food joint currently has a banana pudding shake available. So I found this recipe and he was up for trying a new one. I've already made a banana pudding estate sale recipe, you can check it out here. This one is definitely different though. I'd have to say I like this one better. Still not sure how I feel about the slight lemon taste to it though from dipping the bananas in lemon juice. He didn't seem to mind it. 

Here's my interpretation of the recipe:

Creamy Banana Pudding

Servings 8-10

1 (14oz) can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk

1½ cups cold water

1 (4oz) serving pkg instant vanilla pudding mix*

2 cups whipping cream

36 vanilla wafers

3 medium bananas slicked & dipped in lemon juice

Combine eagle brand milk & water. Add pudding & beat well. Chill 5 minutes. Fold in whip cream. Layer pudding mixture, wafers & bananas. Garnish as desired.

*I could not find a 4oz box of instant pudding. I used the small 3.4oz box of Jello-O pudding.

*I used the small 16oz carton of whipping cream.

*I beat the whipping cream while the pudding chilled in the fridge.

*I used fresh squeezed lemon juice to dip the banana slices in.

*I used about 50 vanilla wafers because I made 2 layers

*I used an 8x8 square glass dish to make it. I did have a little bit of the pudding mix leftover. 

 

I hope you enjoy and give this recipe a second chance in your kitchen too.