Classic Banana Pudding
Layers of vanilla pudding, Nilla wafers, and ripe bananas topped with billowy whipped cream — the Southern church potluck dessert that gets the bowl licked clean
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🛒 Ingredients
- 4 ripe sliced bananas
- 1 box (11 oz) vanilla wafers
- 3 cups whole milk
- 2 packages (3.4 oz each) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 cup heavy cream
👨🍳 Instructions
- 1Whisk pudding mix into cold milk for 2 min; let set 5 min in the fridge
- 2Whip heavy cream with 2 tbsp powdered sugar until stiff peaks form
- 3Fold 1/3 of the whipped cream into the pudding until light
- 4Layer in a large dish: wafers, banana slices, pudding — repeat
- 5Top with remaining whipped cream
- 6Refrigerate at least 4 hours (overnight is best)
- 7The wafers soften to a cake-like texture — this is exactly right
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