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Carolyns Scratch Banana Pudding Recipe

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Ingredients

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup cornstarch

1/2 teaspoon salt

4 cups 2% milk or whole milk, not skim

4 egg yolks, lightly beaten (save egg whites)

2 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or banana flavoring w/a little vanilla)

1 Box of Vanilla Wafer Cookies

4-6 bananas - sliced

Nutmeg

Meringue (ingregients and instructions below)

Directions

Oven-proof glass bowl sized accordingly for this quantity or larger if recipe's been increased (I do 1 1/2 times this recipe for Group)

1) In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. 2) Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir constantly over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.

3) Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat.

4) Temper egg yolks by stirring in a small amount of hot filling into egg yolks return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 1 minute longer.

5) Remove from the heat. Gently stir in softened butter and banana flavoring w/a little vanilla.

6)Cool for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer to dessert in layers of:

single layer of cookies round-side down

single layer of bananas to cover cookies

ladle pudding to cover cookies and bananas

sprinkle nutmeg ontop pudding layers

REPEAT until gone, even crumbs on last layer

MERINGUE

1. Beat with mixer, egg whites until frothy

2. Start adding granulated sugar a tablespoon at a time (about 1/4 cup) with about 1/2 teaspoon cream of tarter to stiffen

3. Add a half teaspoon vanilla and continue beating

4. Dollup meringue ontop Banana Pudding to edges and peak with spoon (spoon on, spread out, and lift up on spoon)