Shellie’s Scratch Banana Pudding

November 24, 2021

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

All Things Southern, Recipe, Sweets

“Shellie’s Scratch Banana Pudding”

1 and 3/4 cup sugar

5 tablespoons self-rising flour

3 cups milk

4 eggs yolks, well beaten

6-8 bananas, chopped

1 stick butter (no margarine, puuleeasse)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine sugar, flour, eggs, and milk in a microwave safe bowl. (I did this on the stove top for yearsssss, but it’s not necessary!) Cook three to four minutes at a time, stirring in between, until you get the consistency of pudding you prefer. For me, that’s about 8-9 minutes. (I think. Oh, mercy, y’all. I do this stuff on auto-pilot! Just watch your pudding and let it tell you when it’s ready. Once it looks right to you, stir in butter and vanilla extract.

Now, spread a layer of vanilla wafers on the bottom of a pretty bowl. Top with a layer of bananas and then a layer of pudding. Repeat until you’re out of bananas and pudding. (This isn’t rocket science, y’all. Sometimes I pass on the layering and just do one layer each of wafers, bananas, and pudding and call it done! They still eat it!) Top with cool whip or homemade *meringue and finish with crushed wafers.

*Homemade meringue isn’t hard either. I did use Cool Whip today because I literally had to– I had been on a Zoom conference call and was smack out of time. Otherwise, I would’ve gone all homemade. You can do it. Just take your four egg whites and blend them until they get frothy. Then add two tablespoons of sugar per egg white and beat until a stiff peak forms. Once you top your pudding with the meringue you’ll need to brown it slightly under the broiler to deal with those raw eggs!