Creamy, vanilla pudding with bananas and Nilla Wafers combine to make the perfect balance of flavors and textures. Soooo yummy!
Growing up one of my favorite desserts was banana cream pudding. Somehow the combination of creamy vanilla pudding with bananas and Nilla Wafers was just the perfect dessert to me. I loved it! And I still do.
The recipe I made growing up required me to make vanilla pudding from scratch. While vanilla pudding isn't a terribly hard thing to make, this recipe is really simple. It does take some time to make, but it's definitely pretty easy to make.
There are just some foods that just feel comfortable when you eat them. Banana pudding is one of my comfort foods. It makes me feel a little nostalgic for my childhood. I made this particular recipe in a bowl that belonged to my grandma. We used the same one growing up when we made banana pudding. Even though it wasn't the same recipe we made growing up, I still felt that comfort and at home feeling.
*Recipe from Magnolia Bakery
14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
1.5 cups cold water
3.4 ounce box vanilla pudding
3 cups heavy whipping cream
4-5 ripe bananas
12 ounce box Nilla wafers
Whisk together sweetened condensed milk and water until completely combined. Whisk in pudding mix. Mix until pudding mix is completely dissolved. You can also do this in a mixer. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours.
Whip the heavy cream into stiff peaks. Fold the whipped cream into the pudding mixture using a rubber spatula until there are no streaks. Make sure to be gentle and not deflate the whipping cream.
To assemble the pudding, use a large glass bowl. Place a layer of pudding on the bottom of the bowl. Layer sliced bananas on top of the pudding. Layer cookies on top of bananas. Repeat by layering pudding, bananas and cookies 2 more times. Layer a little more pudding over the top of the last layers of cookies. Sprinkle a few crushed cookies on top.
Refrigerate pudding for at least 4-8 hours before serving.
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