I don’t know if this recipe for banana pudding is really “old-fashioned,” but it is the same recipe my husband grew up with, and he’s sorta old, so…. I made this for our New Year’s Eve party and the bowl was scraped clean when we left after midnight. This is a simple crowd favorite. There’s just something familiar and comforting about the flavors of pudding, bananas and good ol’ Nilla Wafers. (By the way, am I the only one that struggles with the word banana? It always end up as banananana and then I have to go back and eliminate “ana’s” until the squiggly red line goes away.)
INGREDIENTS
2 small boxes (3.4 oz) French Vanilla pudding
3 cups milk, cold
1 can (12 oz) sweetened condensed milk
1 (12 0z) tub Cool Whip
4-6 ripe bananas, sliced
1 box Nilla Wafers
PREPARATION
1. In a bowl, mix pudding, milk and condensed milk well. Let sit for 3-5 minutes.
2. Fold in Cool Whip
3. In a trifle bowl (or any deep bowl), layer pudding, bananas and cookies, ending with pudding as the final layer.
4. Chill, serve cold.