When I made sloppy joes on Monday night, I decided to complement them with another traditional recipe, banana pudding.
Nilla Wafers banana pudding is one of my most favorite desserts, especially just warm from the oven.
I made the meringue this time to top the pudding, but many times, I will just put whipped cream on top.
The meringue is one extra step, that I do not think is super critical, but I felt like making it tonight.
I have also tried this pudding with the jello banana pudding instant mix, and I do not think it tastes nearly as good as the homemade pudding.
You will notice in my photos, that I am using a makeshift double boiler. Basically, two pots, with the pudding pot being placed in the boiling water pot. It works, but is not ideal.
On my “to do” list, purchase a double boiler, finally. 🙂
Very Simple Ingredients for this classic dish
Separate egg yolks. You will use the whites for the meringue topping.
Mix milk, flour, salt and sugar over boiling water. Slowly mix in 3 egg yolks.
Peel five bananas and slice into bite size pieces.
This is what your pudding will look like after about 5-7 minutes of constant stirring.
Layer custard, nilla wafers and sliced bananas three times.
Mix on high power 3 egg whites and 1/4 cup sugar. We sometimes skip this step. The pudding is so sweet already. You can also just add whipped cream on top of the pudding instead of making the meringue.
Pour meringue on top, then spread the meringue to the edges of pan to seal in pudding. Then place in the oven!
I found this recipe on the Nilla Wafer website. This is a keeper!
- ¾ cup sugar, divided into ½ cup and ¼ cup
- ⅓ cup flour
- dash of salt
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 cups milk
- ½ tsp.vanilla
- 45 NILLA Wafers, divided
- 5 bananas, sliced
- Mix ½ cup sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler.
- Blend in 3 egg yolks and milk.
- Cook, uncovered, over boiling water 10 to 12 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly.
- Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
- Save 12 wafers for garnish. Spread small amount of custard onto bottom of 1-1/2-qt. baking dish.
- Cover with layers of ⅓ each of the remaining wafers, bananas and remaining custard.
- Repeat layers 2 times.
- For Meringue
- Beat egg whites on high speed of mixer until soft peaks form.
- Gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Spread over custard, sealing well to edge of dish.
- Bake 15 to 20 min. or until lightly browned.
- Cool slightly.
- Top with reserved wafers just before serving.
