Mama Daisy's Banana Pudding

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: Pass It On

Rated: 3 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (76)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 servings

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: 2 hr 30 min
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 3 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
Pinch salt
2 (12-ounce) cans evaporated milk
4 egg yolks
1/2 stick butter, cubed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 box vanilla wafers, plus more for garnish, crumbled
5 bananas, sliced
Whipped cream

Directions

In a 3-quart heavy saucepan on low heat, add sugar, flour and salt. Pour in the evaporated milk and stir constantly. The mixture will thicken slowly, about 15 minutes.

Lightly beat the egg yolks in a medium size bowl. Add a ladleful of the thickened milk mixture to the eggs and whisk, to temper the eggs. Add the egg mixture into the saucepan and continue to whisk and cook until incorporated, roughly 2 to 3 minutes.

Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the butter and the vanilla extract. Place the pudding into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let cool in refrigerator for 2 1/2 hours.

Into a large bowl or trifle dish, add a layer of vanilla wafers, a layer of sliced bananas, and top with pudding. Add the whipped cream and then repeat the layers. Garnish with crumbled cookies on top.

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Chanta Tomball, TX 02-09-2010
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Sassy C
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I love the recipe, I does require more then ten minutes to thicken more like 30 minutes. I thought it was a little sweet at... first. so what i did the next time was cut the sugar by a half of cup and i used the 2% carnation milk or the fat free can milk to cut down on the sugar. It taste great as well. Sometime it was not as thick as would like my grandmother. But it is still good. Thanks for bringing a little of my grandmother recipe home for me.Read more
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Danielle Plano, TX 02-08-2010
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Did not thicken at all
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I tried to make this and I also couldn't get it to thicken. I ended up increasing the heat and stirring for over 30 minutes. ... I will not be trying this again.Read more
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Ariel princeton, LA 01-18-2010
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LOVIN PUDDIN
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This pudding was super easy to make. I did not find that it was to sweet, but then again i followed directions. Make sure... you use canned evaporated milk, not sweeted condesed!!! anyone can make this, my five year old temepered the eggs and we Loved eating this banana pudding! thank you neelysRead more
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Meena Aliquippa, PA 01-14-2010
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It's the bomb!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was so nervous about trying this recipe but I have to say I was proud of myself! The pudding did evenually thicken though... I was nervous it wasn't going to. It was delicious. If you don't like your dessert too sweet, I'd cut the sugar a bit. Read more
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Robin San Francisco, CA 01-10-2010
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Frustrated in San Francisco!!!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

Talk about a recipe for disaster, This recipe is a disaster, it does not thicken, it calls for way too much sugar, and I... wasted a bunch of money desparately trying to make it for my family on both Thanksgiving and Christmas. I saw the neely's advertise this pudding on Wendy Williams, and I really think there is an error in the measurements. Check it out, everybody can't be wrong. But everything else I've made from the Neely's has been wonderful. Read more
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Nnokwanda Houston, TX 12-04-2009
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I will be making this again for Christmas
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was my 2nd time trying the make banana pudding but my 1st time trying this recipe and it was so easy I had No problems... whatsoever. My mom can't believe I made it but I guess I?m just a natural at baking lol with the help of you all?s (Patrick and Gina) well put together recipe. I had a gastric bypass like 7months ago so it was too sugary for me (But I did enjoy tasting it though) but my family loved it and wanted to make sure I was making it again. I did use more cookies and I cut the bananas in smaller pieces cuz I know what my family likes, but other than that I followed the recipe just fine it was very very easy. Thanks for sharing this with me. And I challenge everyone that had a bad experience to give this recipe one more try because if you enjoy cooking as I do you should know not everything is going to come out right the 1st time, sometimes it takes a few tries to get it right (the way you like it).Read more