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Banana Pudding

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People clean their bowls eating this Banana Pudding; it's traditional, yet has flair!
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Prep Time 35 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 cups heavy cream, cold
  • 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 11-ounce box vanilla wafers
  • 8 bananas, peeled and sliced 1/4" thickness
  • 1/2 a 3.9-ounce box cheesecake instant pudding
  • 1/2 a 3.9-ounce box butterscotch instant pudding
  • 2 cups milk, cold
  • 8 ounces mascarpone cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped and toasted

Instructions
 

  • Using a stand mixer or a hand-held mixer, whip the heavy cream and sugar until stiff peaks form, then set the bowl aside.
  • In another bowl, blend the two pudding mixes and milk with a hand mixer until thoroughly combined; set aside. (Alternatively, you can use a stand mixer fitting with the wire whisk attachment.)
  • In another bowl, whip the mascarpone until smooth and fluffy. Add the sweetened condensed milk and blend gently until all is incorporated.
  • Fold your pudding mix into the mascarpone mixture.
  • Then, fold the whipped cream into the pudding mixture.
  • Now you can assemble your banana pudding. In the bottom a trifle bowl (or a 9×13” pan), place enough wafer cookies to cover the bottom. Put a layer of sliced bananas over the cookies. Pour about a third of the creamy pudding mixture over your bananas. Repeat this process until all your ingredients are used up (at least one more layer, depending on what size and shape bowl or pan you used.). Finish with a layer of the pudding, then sprinkle the nuts on top. This can be served immediately or chill, covered, in a refrigerator until ready to eat.

Notes

It’s nice to have a hand mixer for this, you can easily just run the blades under running water to clean them up for the next bowl.
Half a pudding 3.9oz instant pudding package is approximately 4 T. You can “eyeball it” in this recipe, it doesn’t have to be spot-on accurate.
Cookies! I love traditional Nilla Wafers by Nabisco, but you can use other kinds of cookies, too. It’s okay to have fun with your food.
Keyword banana pudding, dessert, vanilla wafers
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