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Creamy Banana Pudding Recipe
A dessert with layers upon layers of delicious flavors & textures, my Creamy Banana Pudding recipe has it all: bananas, pudding, and crunchy vanilla wafers.
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
40 mins
Servings: 6 people
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (20floz/565ml) whole milk
- 2 cups (16floz/454ml) heavy whipping cream, whipped to soft peaks
- 1/2 cup (4floz/115ml) cream (any kind)
- 4 medium bananas, sliced
- 1 egg at room temperature
- 1 pack (or 1 recipe) Nilla Wafers*, crushed
- 2 egg yolks at room temperature
- ¾ cup (6oz/170g) sugar
- 4 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 4 tablespoons (2oz/57g) butter cubed
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- ½ teaspoons salt
Notes
- Nilla Wafers: These cookies are the quintessential flavor of a banana pudding. If you can't buy them you can easily make you own with my recipe: https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/vanilla-wafers-nilla/