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On the Menu Monday: Banana Pudding

 

Easy, delicious banana pudding.

Easy, delicious banana pudding.

I grew up eating banana pudding which is a mainstay in any good Southern diet.  Furthermore, I was indoctrinated to believe that magnificent banana pudding could only be made one way…from scratch.  This being the status quo of my grandmother and mother, I blindly went through life loving the creamy vanilla pudding, sweet wafers and soft banana goodness having no idea other people were making banana pudding with instant vanilla pudding -the horrors!  Once I tasted the instant version I understood why my family culinary teachers had practically made me swear on a Bible I would never use instant pudding, the taste did not even remotely come close to the goodness my palate was accustom to.  Cue me, adult, reading recipes one day coming across a version that was a “quick” rendition of what was held as sacred. As I read the ingredients I realized I liked them all and combined maybe, just maybe, it might work out.  Tentatively the next trip to the grocery store I gathered the said list I needed and came home to  knowingly sin before the Lord as I was using instant pudding! Fifteen minutes later the deed was done and it tasted pretty good, so into the fridge it went.  After dinner that night I served up the husband, waiting and watching for any reaction that might suggest treason, but instead he raved and in time, the family did.  Behold-an acceptable substitute for making hot pudding on the stove while not compromising taste!  Interesting tidbit: never, ever underestimate the power of remarkable banana pudding-it sealed the deal on my first teaching job in education and that is the truth.

Banana Pudding
Prep time: 15 mins
Total time: 15 mins
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 5.1 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 18 oz. Cool Whip
  • 1 11oz. box Vanilla Wafers
  • 5 bananas, sliced and coated in 1 tsp lemon juice (to prevent browning)
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl beat room temperature cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk until smooth, making sure there are no lumps and set aside.
  2. Next in another bowl make instant vanilla pudding according to directions and add vanilla extract, set aside to set-up.
  3. In a small bowl, slice bananas and toss in lemon juice.
  4. Combine cream cheese mixture and pudding stirring until well incorporated then fold in Cool Whip until throughly combined.
  5. In a serving bowl line bottom with vanilla wafer and alternate layers of wafers, pudding, and bananas ending with wafers on top.
  6. Place in refrigerator for at least 3 hours to set.
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About Kristi

Kristi Leeper is a lifelong lover of all things creative and crafty. She likes to touch things, dissect them, figure them out and maybe even reproduce them. Growing up in San Angelo, Texas she was exposed to small town values, but the world was always whispering in her ear to come out and play. Life has led her down a myriad of career paths such as a baker, licensed manicurist, florist, and a high school history teacher. The simple truth is she is good at all of these occupations and being good at a lot of things has served her well in life. She currently works as part-time as the Special Projects Manager for the Museum of the Southwest and for her husband keeping the books straight for the company he owns because he is simply a good boss and let’s her go to yoga whenever she wants.

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