Thursday, March 21, 2013

Easy banana puddin'

A couple of weeks ago I took the kids to our local library. As usual I headed straight to the cooking section. I pulled a few different cookbooks and started scanning through the recipes and pictures. Surprisingly I only checked out two cookbooks; Morgan Freeman and friends and Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible.
Well as you can easily guess this banana pudding recipe belongs to the queen of butter. After reading her cookbook that banana pudding craving just wouldn't go away. So I decided to make the easy version for St. Patrick's day weekend since I could share it with several people. If not, I wouldn't have made it since I've been getting healthier and the old me would probably have eaten the whole thing myself, sad but kinda true.
Anyways I recommend this recipe if you want to make a quick and yummy dessert. It's great for a big family gathering, pot lucks, family picnics, or any casual event.

The recipe is very simple....
 Just put a layer of Nilla wafers on the bottom of your serving dish, then top it with fresh ripe sliced bananas.
 


 Next you make a yummy pudding mixture that's very easy to whip together.

 Spread that on top of the bananas then top it with another layer of Nilla wafers, done!


This recipe was a hit that weekend and we still had lots of leftovers for the next two days.

Not Yo Mama's Banana Pudding by Paula Deen

Ingredients
  1. 12-ounce container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whip
  2. 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  3. 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
  4. 2 cup milk
  5. 5-ounce box instant French vanilla pudding
  6. 6-8 bananas, sliced
  7. 2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies or vanilla wafers
Directions
  1. Put a bag of cookies (or vanilla wafers) on the bottom of a 13x9x2 inch dish, then slice bananas and layer on top.
  2. Combine milk & pudding mix, and blend well using a mixer.
  3. In separate bowl, combine cream cheese & condensed milk and mix until smooth.
  4. Gently add in whipped topping to cream cheese mixture.
  5. Mix cream cheese mixture with pudding mixture and stir until well blended.
  6. Pour mixture over the cookies & bananas, and then cover with another layer of cookies.
  7. Put in refrigerator until ready to serve.
 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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