With summer months approaching, I go into Southern cooking mode. Here is the best recipe for banana pudding that I have ever had. Start with a box of Nilla wafers.
And a box of instant vanilla pudding (5 oz). I usually make everything from scratch but there are some recipes with shortcuts that are just too good to exclude from my recipe box and this is one of them.
Mix the vanilla pudding with 2 cups of whole milk. If it makes you feel better, you could use skim but really....this is banana pudding! Go for it and use whole milk! Set this mixture aside.
Put an 8 oz. package of cream cheese in the bowl of your mixer.
Add one can of sweetened condensed milk and beat until smooth. Add the pudding mixture and beat until blended.
Line a casserole with half of the Nilla wafers.
Peel about 6 or 7 very ripe bananas.
Slice the bananas over top of the first layer of Nilla wafers.
Take your bowl of pudding/cream cheese/condensed milk mixture....
and a can of whipped cream( I would normally whip my own cream but not for this recipe)...
Empty contents of the entire can of whipped cream into the pudding mixture.
Blend and fold to combine.
Pour this mixture over the sliced bananas.
Cover with the rest of the Nilla wafers.
Cover and refrigerate for 24 hours. Mmmmmmm..Southern comfort food!!! This is right up there with the super yums!!! And it can't get much simpler.
The gazebo is almost finished.
It is cleaned up, repaired and the furniture is back in place. Click for a better look.
There are a few decorations that I need to add.
And the Weeping Beech needs to be trimmed back from the entrance. I want to open the space up and let as much light in as possible. My forest has rooms scattered along the path and they have been neglected. Now is the time for me to take them back and clean them up. Today I started on another room and will show it to you as I do the big cleanup. This is sort of like cleaning out your closets. Another item on my agenda but I think I will save that for a rainy day.***Remember to enter the giveaway by clicking on the Teddy's Treats button on my sidebar.
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My problem is the box of vanilla wafers wouldn't last long enough to get into a recipe
heh
The wonder garden rooms are so enchanting. Begging for us "hoomans" to come, sit, breathe deep and rest our body and mind.
Today was a wonderful visit.
xoxo to Teddy Love.
Happy Happy Day to you & your family!
But to be honest, I don´t think it will do much difference with skinned milk instead of whole milk :-) :-) :-) But that looks delicious. Bananas are my favourite fruits and this one is something I would like to try. But I´m not sure I can get the exact ingredients.
Does Nilla wafers have a special taste? or is it the texture of the wafer that is more important? Could Digestives be used instead? I don´t think I can get condensed milk either. Perhaps one of the bigger supermarkets can have it but I´m not sure. Could I just skip that or can I replace it with something else?
It would be great to be able to take it with me when my friends invite me to a barbeque now in the summer!
Have a great day now!
Christer.
And Nilla Wafers - haven't had those for YEARS.
Your gazebo is just delightful ... I want to spend a day out there reading one of my favorite summer reads and eating your banana cream pie!
He's the only one allowed near the grill, but I can assure you, once I show him this recipe he'll be itchin' to try this sauce and technique.
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful delights!
Blessings, Joy & Tuesday Sunshine, Terri
The gazebo's looking great!
The gazebo looks lovely. What a special little niche for you and your husband!
blessings
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Smooth, cool, creamy with enough texture to satisfy the tongue and tummy, that you are indeed eating something. The perfect comfort food! I can almost taste it, and believe me, this time "almost" just doesn't do the trick. I'm going to have to make this one, pronto!
I cannot wait to try your recipes! Love the name of Magic Dust!
Looks like you are a fellow dog lover also. I just trained mine to run into the safe room (closet) for tornado touch downs.
Look forward to following you and going to place you as a fav on my side bar.
Best Regards,
cindykay
So yummy!
I'm not a huge banana fan but it still looks very good. I LOVE Nilla wafers!