One of my favorite things! This recipe calls for homemade vanilla wafers - they are truly what makes this recipe great. The cookies take no time at all, and are made with basic ingredients. Give it a try, I promise! This is rich and decadent - mm mmm mm. Great for dinner parties and entertaining or just because !
Ingredients:
For pudding:
- A few bananas (depends if using trifle dish, wine glasses, etc. - 1 banana per person)
- 5.1 oz. box instant vanilla pudding
- 2 cups milk
- 8 oz. tub cool whip
- 1 tablespoon vanilla (or 1 vanilla bean)
- 14 oz can condensed milk (optional)
- Pinch Salt
For Vanilla Wafers:
- 1 stick butter (softened)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 & 1/3 cups flour
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
For Whipped Cream:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Directions:
Vanilla Wafers:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Beat butter and sugar in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
4. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and mix. Add the dry ingredients slowly until all combined.
5. Roll dough into small circles and place onto parchment paper -- they spread a lot! Mine came out large - so try to do only a teaspoon per one.
6. Bake for 12-15 minutes until lightly browned on edges. Set aside to cool while you make the pudding. (Try to resist eating them all)
Banana Pudding:
1. Mix the pudding mix with the milk until thickened - about 2 minutes or so of whisking.
2. Add pinch of salt, vanilla, cool whip tub, and condensed milk. (if you don't have condensed milk - don't worry - it will still come out great!)
3. Set in fridge
4. Prep and cut the bananas into thin slices (you can mix into the pudding or just use to layer - its up to you)
Whipped Cream:
1. Pour heavy cream, sugar and vanilla into a bowl - whisk your heart out, or grab electric mixer and whisk until you have soft-stiff (lol) peaks. Set in fridge or freezer to keep chill.
NOW to put it all together!!
Grab your vehicle of choice -- if you have a trifle dish that works great - or I think it's fun to make individual pudding glasses for everyone. Grab a wine glass and start layering -- I lay cookie, (may need to break them up), pudding then banana - and keep doing it until you get to the top. At the top, put a big dollop of whipped cream and then garnish with a piece of banana and even crumbled cookie too. -- Either set in fridge or enjoy right away!! I hope you enjoy as much as we did :)
xoxo Chef Em
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