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Weekend At Mimi’s – Southern Banana Pudding

Posted on Mar 07, 2011 under Baking, Deserts, Family Recipes, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Spent the weekend at Mimi’s house with the kids for a family birthday party. There was cake, fried chicken, homemade french fries, cream corn and lots of sweet tea.

But most importantly there was old school Southern Banana Pudding. Mimi makes the BEST banana pudding. It’s so good that she has to make it every birthday, holiday and family function we have and then we all fight over it.

banana pudding

Actually, there is always enough. What we fight over is the cookies. The gooey Nilla Wafers are always the best part and there are a few of my family members who shall remain nameless (starts with a C and ends with a Y) that always pick out all the cookies and leave bananas and pudding behind. It’s such a family joke that I had to send this picture to that certain family member to show him that I was getting all the cookies this time!

eating cookies

This is not just your normal banana pudding made with box pudding mix and cool whip. No my friends. This is from scratch and not really a Real Mom Recipe…but it’s so good it’s really worth the extra time it takes to make it. It looks easy enough but somehow when I make it ..it never tastes as good as Mimi’s.

You need:

1/2 c. sugar
2 tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
4 separated eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla flavor
1 box of Nilla Vanilla Wafers
4 med. ripe bananas
And Then You:
Mix flour, salt, and sugar; add milk slowly. Stir constantly over low heat until thickened. Stir and cook for about 15 minutes. Beat egg yolks in bowl and stir into mixture slowly stirring constantly. Cook about 5 more minutes stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Line bottom of casserole dish with vanilla wafers, bananas (sliced) and custard mixture. Repeat layers, ending with custard on top. Beat egg whites until stiff. Add 1/4 cup sugar; whip until it peaks. Spread on top of custard and bake in oven at 450 degrees for about 5 minutes or until browned. Remove from oven and serve.