An Old Fashioned Dessert

I had some VERY ripe bananas in the kitchen the other day and I decided, on the spur of the moment, to make some banana pudding. You know, the old fashioned kind with ‘nilla wafers and ‘nanners and puddin’. It turned out so well, and was so popular here at Lucy’s house, that I thought I’d share. Here’s what you need:

1 box “Nilla Wafers (is there any other kind but Nabisco?)
Several ripe bananas
1 large box sugar free, instant, vanilla pudding
1 large box sugar free, instant, banana cream pudding

This recipe made a large rectangular baking dish (9 x 13) full. You can make more or less by just adjusting the quantity of your three ingredients.

First line the dish with vanilla wafers. Put some on the sides too. Then slice the bananas into bite-size pieces and make the next layer with banana slices. Then mix up the two puddings, together, and pour enough pudding into the pan to cover the wafers and banana slices. Then repeat, ending with a layer of pudding on top. Sprinkle some nutmeg on top of the final layer of pudding, cover the dessert, and refrigerate. It will stay fresh and tasty for several days in the refrigerator.

Make up the pudding at the last minute when you are ready to pour it into the dish. It firms up very quickly and if you make it too far in advance, you won’t be able to pour it.

I used one vanilla and one banana cream pudding as that’s what I happened to have on hand and it worked great. I’m sure you could also use two vanillas or two banana cream flavor puddings. With all vanilla it will taste less “banana-ish” and with two banana creams it will have a very strong banana flavor. The combination of the two seemed just right to my crew.

This recipe gets “bonus” points at my house because it’s exceptionally easy to make AND since each serving has only a few wafers, fresh bananas and sugar free pudding, it’s low in calories and/or points.

Enjoy!!