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Chilled Southern Banana Pudding

Creamy and sweet, this cold banana pudding hits the spot on hot summer days.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 50 minutes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 6 egg yolks
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 tablespoons corn starch
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract A vanilla bean would be awesome, if you have one.
  • 4-5 bananas sliced
  • 72 vanilla wafer cookies approximately
  • 1 and ½ cups heavy whipping cream for whipped cream topping

Equipment

  • 7"x11" Pyrex Baking Dish
  • Medium Saucepot
  • Medium Metal Mixing Bowl

Method
 

For the Pudding
  1. In a large metal bowl set above a pot with a few inches of boiling water in it (don't let the bowl touch the water), combine the milk, 2 cups of cream, sugar, and egg yolks. 
  2. Whisk to combine.
  3. Put the cornstarch in a small bowl.
  4. Scoop out a few tablespoons of the milk mixture, and whisk it into the cornstarch.
  5. Add the cornstarch slurry to the rest of the milk mixture, and whisk together.
  6. Cook, whisking constantly, until the pudding thickens, about 15-20 minutes.
  7. Take bowl off the heat, and stir in vanilla extract.
Assembly
  1. Add a layer of vanilla wafer cookies to the bottom of your 7"x11" glass baking dish, one cookie thick.
  2. Add enough pudding to just spread over the cookies.
  3. Place a layer of bananas on top of the pudding, then another layer of cookies, then custard, then bananas. Cookies, pudding, bananas, cookies, pudding, bananas. 
  4. Repeat until you have 3 layers, ending with cookies.
  5. Pour your remaining pudding over your last layer of cookies.
  6. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.
Whipped Cream
  1. Make the whipped cream just before serving.
  2. With an electric mixer, whip the cream on high speed with a little sugar, if desired, until stiff peaks form.
  3. Dollop the whipped cream on top of the pudding.
  4. Serve and enjoy!