Homemade Banana Pudding Dessert Modern Honey
Homemade Banana Pudding Dessert
Layers of homemade vanilla bean custard, freshly whipped cream, and Nilla wafers.
It’s National Banana Cream Pie Day so let’s celebrate! Basically these food holidays are just an excuse to eat pie. Whoever came up with these holidays is absolutely brilliant.
My brother lived in New York City for over 10 years and would rave to me all about the famous Magnolia Bakery’s Banana Pudding. I would seethe with jealousy as I knew he could walk into the bakery every single day and get his banana pudding fix.
Once I finally flew into NYC, we went straight to Magnolia’s to see what all the fuss was about. Maybe you don’t know this about me but I am super picky about bakeries. Okay, you probably could have gathered that by now! I did wonder if this would pass the test. My husband and I devoured the banana pudding in about 90 seconds so I would say that was a good sign.
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Even though I love their banana pudding dessert, I wanted to create a similar copycat but make the pudding from scratch. It doesn’t take that much longer and there’s just something about handcrafted pudding, stirred with a wooden spoon, that makes it taste that much better.
This Homemade Banana Pudding Dessert is made by slowly cooking a mixture of whole milk, sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, butter and vanilla bean until nice and thickened. I could eat an entire bowl of this stuff! It is layered with fresh sliced bananas, Nilla wafers, and homemade fluffy whipped cream.
My sister-in-law, Laura, who is a brilliant cook makes this custard every single year at Thanksgiving time. She is the BEST custard maker I know and this is a tried and true recipe. It is a recipe from her Grandma Rappleye that has been passed down through the years.
This can be made in a large trifle dish, a bowl, a glass pan, decorative jars, or even scooped into small bowls. It is such a versatile recipe. I enjoy layering it into a glass trifle dish or my favorite jars.
A few tips for making out-of-this-world Homemade Banana Pudding Dessert:
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Vanilla Whipped Cream:
In a heavy-bottomed pot, heat sugar, cornstarch, flour, salt, and milk over medium heat. Bring to a slow rolling boil and let thicken. Continue to cook and stir until the mixture coats the back of a spoon.
While the milk mixture is cooking, place egg yolks in small bowl. Temper egg yolks by spooning a small amount of hot milk into a bowl. Keep stirring.
Bring it back to a boil for 1 minute.
Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla.
Let chill in refrigerator and cool completely.
Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add powdered sugar. Stir in vanilla.
Slice bananas and sprinkle with lemon juice or fruit fresh to prevent browning.
Layer banana pudding dessert with pudding, bananas, nilla wafers, and whipped cream.
Let chill in refrigerator to set up.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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