Old Fashioned Banana Pudding
Make the best homemade Old-Fashioned Southern Banana Pudding. This recipe makes it easy. Creamy and full of flavor!
Servings 15 servings
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour (we use einkorn flour)
- dash of salt
- 5 eggs, separated
- 4.5 cups milk
- 2+1 tsp vanilla extract (we use homemade)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1.5 boxes vanilla wafer cookies (we use homemade)
- 5-6 ripe bananas, sliced
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Whisk together granulated sugar, flour, and salt in a heavy bottom saucepan.
- Add in the egg yolks to the saucepan and 2 cups of milk. Whisk together until smooth. Add in the remaining 3 cups of milk and whisk together again until well combined.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until the pudding simmers and thickens (10-15 minutes).
- Once the pudding thickens, remove from heat and add butter and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
- In the bottom of a 13 x 9 casserole dish, layer half the vanilla cookies. On top of the cookies add half the pudding, then add in ALL of the bananas. Repeat with remaining cookies and pudding.
- Preheat the oven to 325° and make your meringue.
- Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer or hand-held mixer with a whisk attachment until foamy. Increase the mixer to high speed, gradually add powdered sugar and keep beating until stiff peaks form.
- Briefly mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla extract.
- Top the banana pudding with the finished meringue, fully covering the entire dish.
- Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
- Serve warm or chilled.
Notes
NOTE: Bananas need to be fully ripe, or they will create a chewy texture that is NOT pleasant during the baking process.