Straightforward Banana Pudding Recipe – Spend With Pennies

This simple Banana Pudding recipe is a traditional no-bake recipe with layers of contemporary bananas, a wealthy and creamy vanilla layer, and freshly whipped cream!

That is the right make-ahead dessert and a success any time of 12 months.

An Straightforward Favourite

Selfmade Banana Pudding is a kind of recipes that’s been round perpetually.  The humorous factor about this dessert is that it’s not “technically” banana pudding… it’s extra like bananas with pudding. Regardless, it’s undoubtedly a traditional recipe, similar to Grandma used to make for Sunday supper.

There are lots of variations of this recipe together with the well-known Magnolia Bakery banana pudding (truthfully SO good) however this recipe is straightforward, fast, and scrumptious!

Components

COOKIES Begin with a layer of ‘Nilla Wafers cookies as the bottom. These soften up and grow to be nearly cake-like.

Different choices for cookies are graham crackers, digestive biscuits, or chessmen cookies.

BANANAS Recent bananas needs to be ripe however nonetheless yellow and barely agency.

PUDDING Use prompt vanilla pudding. If in case you have a favourite home made pudding recipe, use that in place (and skip the milk within the recipe) however make sure to cool it fully first.

Don’t use banana pudding combine on this recipe, I strongly advocate utilizing vanilla. Banana pudding combine will change the flavour of this dessert, including a pretend banana taste as an alternative of the contemporary banana vanilla taste this dessert ought to have.

WHIPPED CREAM You need to use whipped topping however the actual deal whipped cream is so a lot better on this recipe.

Make Banana Pudding

This recipe is a simple no fuss dessert. Make it forward of time and let it sit in a single day. This softens the cookies right into a cake-like texture.

To make banana pudding you’ll merely layer cookies, sliced bananas, and a creamy pudding combination.

1. Make the cream cheese/pudding combination (per the recipe under).
2. Make home made whipped cream. Fold a few of it into the cream cheese combination.
3. Layer cookies after which bananas in a 9×13 pan or two 9×9 pans. High with the cream cheese combination and at last the whipped cream.
4. Refrigerate 4 hours or in a single day.

Suggestions for This Recipe

• Dish Use a 9×13 pan or two 9×9 pans. This may be made in a trifle dish and served with a spoon.
• Bananas Utterly cowl the bananas with the opposite layers. This retains them from going brown.
• Time Enable the dessert to take a seat not less than 4 hours however in a single day is best if potential. This softens the cookies.
• Whipped Cream I add a packet or two of stabilizer to my whipped cream which is a powder that retains your whipped cream from ‘wilting’. I personally use Dr. Oetker Whip it.

Make-Forward

Remember the fact that this recipe wants to take a seat not less than 4 hours however in a single day is certainly finest!

Add the bananas on high for garnish simply earlier than serving in order that they don’t brown.  When you’re going to depart them out for somewhat bit, toss them with a little bit of lemon juice after slicing to maintain them from browning.

Storing Leftovers

This recipe is finest served the day after making however will final a number of days within the fridge. The bananas might get a bit weepy however they’ll nonetheless style nice!

Extra Banana Desserts

Oh and talking of ripe bananas… do you may have a bunch sitting on the counter?  I’ve some concepts for you!