Creamy, rich Banana Pudding is the perfect dessert for your next BBQ, family gathering or just whenever the craving arises.
You know I love bananas, and one of my all time favorite desserts, or treats or guilty pleasures – whatever you want to call it is… Banana Pudding! When I was younger and still in college, my sister used to sell at a farmers market in downtown Jacksonville, anyway there was this couple that sold cakes and other desserts, they had the best pudding, and it was just the right portion. Then a couple of years later there was a gelato shop called “Funari’s” they sold banana pudding gelato and I thought that it was the best I had ever had, until they went out of business and that was a sad day for sure! Fast forward a few more years to the present, yes I realize I am probably only talking about a 8 year span, but that’s a lot these days. OK so the other day my mother in law was talking about how the missionaries wanted her to make Italian Cream Cake and I was bummed because 1. I don’t eat cake and 2. I was craving some banana pudding. She had made this recipe for me in the past and so she offered to again, well I wasn’t going to turn that offer down. So to get to the point, here is the recipe, it was handed down from her father and it is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Go make this now, trust me you want it!
Grandpa DF's Banana Pudding
Prep
Total
Yield 4 -6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pkg instant vanilla pudding
- 1 1/2 c cool water
- 1 can condensed milk
- 1/2 pt whipping cream, whipped
- 2 bananas
- 1/2 box vanilla wafers
Instructions
- Whisk together the first 3 ingredients, then fold in the whipped cream.
- In a large bowl alternate layers of pudding with sliced bananas and vanilla wafers, finishing with wafers.
- Refrigerate for 3-4 hours, serve cool.
Notes
*FYI: Recipe can be doubled or tripled and it still turns out amazing!
Courses dessert, pudding
mierva says
what size pudding box?
mierva says
I used the regular/ smaller sized. I think it worked out fine.
E Dicks says
Yes the regular size box, sorry about that, so glad you tried it!
mierva says
Very yummy. Raises the bar on banana pudding for sure. I”m making it for a friend this week.