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Gluten Free Roasted Banana Pudding Parfaits

Gluten free Roasted Banana Pudding Parfaits with candied pecans. Adapted from Cooking Light.

Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 8 -10
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 5 ripe unpeeled medium bananas (about 2 pounds) I used 4, since they were large and weighed 2 pounds.
  • 2 cups whole or 2% milk
  • 2/3 cup sugar divided
  • 2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 8 ounces whipping cream
  • 3/4 cup pecans
  • 2 Tablespoons sugar

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Place bananas on a jelly roll pan, lined with parchment or foil. Bake at 350* for 20 minutes. Remove 3 bananas and allow to cool completely. Peel and cut into 1/2 inch slices. Set aside. Continue baking the remaining 2 bananas for an additional 20 minutes. Peel and mash remaining bananas in a small bowl with a fork.
  3. Combine milk and 1/3 cup sugar in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, but do not boil.
  4. Combine remaining 1/3 cup sugar, cornstarch, salt and eggs in a medium bowl; stir well with a whisk.
  5. Gradually add hot milk to sugar mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk. Return milk mixture to pan. Cook over medium heat until thick and bubbly (about 3 minutes), stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add mashed bananas, butter, and vanilla, stirring until butter is melts. Place pan in a large, ice-filled bowl for 15 minutes or until mixture comes to room temperature.
  6. While pudding cools, in a bowl fitted with a wire whip, whip cream until it forms soft peaks. Set aside.
  7. Fold in half of whipped cream into pudding. Chill until ready to assemble parfaits.
  8. In a saute pan over a medium heat, heat pecans and 2 Tablespoons of sugar, shaking and stirring pan constantly until pecans have caramelized and sugar is golden brown. Turn pecans out onto a sheet pan to cool. When cool, coarsely chop pecans.
  9. To assemble parfaits, fill 8-10 small dishes or glasses with 1/2 pudding mixture. Top pudding mixture with sliced bananas, dividing between dishes. Sprinkle 1 Tablespoon chopped, candied pecans over bananas. Top parfaits with remaining pudding and chopped pecans. Finish with a dollop of the remaining whipped cream. Refrigerate until ready to serve.