What is the best, easiest, and cheapest homemade banana pudding recipe?

Question

I need a recipe for banana pudding, with the vanilla wafers and all, for a cookout on Tuesday. I need the ingredients to be cheap, and the recipe be easy, but still be awesome.

Answer 1

Make a couple of boxes of banana pudding, vanilla wafers, cut up bananas, and coolwhip. mix the pudding and cool whip together. And just layer everything .....household fave here..

Answer 2

The Best Banana Pudding

The Banana Pudding recipe you'll find here makes the best banana pudding I have ever tasted. I'll admit that statement qualifies the title of the article, but I'll bet it's the best banana pudding you've ever tasted, too.

Banana pudding is not currently a fashionable dessert. You never see it served in "good" restaurants. And when it is found in a restaurant, more than likely it's a dollop of instant banana-flavored pudding with a vanilla wafer stuck in it and a dab of non-dairy whipped topping.

Perhaps banana pudding gets no respect because of the vanilla wafers. It's likely that vanilla wafers, being ordinary cookies in the familiar yellow box found in stores everywhere, are regarded as pedestrian among gourmets. Of course, your trendy tiramisu, which uses packaged lady fingers as a base, gets away with it.

When I began thinking about writing this article, I started wondering about the origins of this wonderful dessert. I wondered if banana pudding existed before vanilla wafers and, if that is the case, when did vanilla wafers get their start? And is banana pudding a southern dessert? And if so, why, because good bananas are available everywhere year-round. But there need not be so many questions here. Banana pudding merely lacks glamour, because it certainly doesn't lack anything else you would want in a dessert.

Is it easy to make? Yes, it is. Well, you have to do a little more than boil water, but it's definitely not difficult to make. It's wonderful warm from the oven or cold from the refrigerator. It requires no exotic ingredients, other than the bananas which, when you think about it, really are pretty exotic. Banana pudding may be the original comfort food.

The key to great banana pudding is ripe bananas. In fact, they should be very ripe. Yellow with little brown specks. Bananas ripen best in the dark, so put them in a paper bag and check on them until they're perfect. They ripen every bit as well when they're in the refrigerator, too, assuming it's dark in your refrigerator.

Now, if you want to make banana pudding that will have people rolling their eyes and moaning, here's how to do it:

Banana Pudding

1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon butter (not margarine)
4 egg yolks (large eggs or better)
box of Vanilla wafers
4-5 ripe bananas
Meringue:

4 egg whites, at room temperature
5 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 375°F.

Give this old favorite a try.

Answer 3

Cheap Pudding Recipes

Answer 4

In order to save money on the ingredients, I personally use the store brand name. They taste just as good as the name brand, but for a fraction of the cost.

I line the bottom of the pan with vanilla wafers, then make the pudding as directed. I slice up bananas and put into the pudding, and pour the mixture into the pan. Then, I line the sides of the pan with vanilla wafers. I set it in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving!!

Hope it helps!!

Answer 5

Take a large box of vanilla pudding mix, make the pudding up and in a large bowl add to the pudding, 1 tub of cool whip ( it can be store brand) one can of sweetened condensed milk, stir until mixed well, then add your vanilla wafers and sliced bananas.

This a down home southern Alabama recipe, it is rich but very good its always a crowd pleaser.

Answer 6

Try this one.

First Layer

Use 9x13 in. pan
Put in Graham Cracker Crust

Second Layer

Beat together for 10 min:
1-box powdered sugar
2- sticks oleo (not diet margarine)
2- eggs
T- vanilla

Spread over crust
Spread a layer of banana slices
Spread on 1 large can drained pineapple (optional)
Cover with cool whip and sprinkle with nuts

Answer 7

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Answer 8

2 boxes of instant vanilla pudding
4 cups milk
1 box vanilla wafers
At least 4 ripe bananas

mix pudding with milk according to package instruction.
make 1 layer of vanilla wafers on bottom of container. make 1 layer of bananas on top of wafers, pour in 1/3 of pudding. Repeat layers. Top with crushed vanilla wafers and refrigerate.

Answer 9

Banana Nut Bread with Buttermilk

Serving Size: 12

Ingredients:
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method


Cooking Directions:
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3/4 cup butter or margarine
1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar
1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (3 medium bananas)
2 eggs -- well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
OR
1/2 cup milk -- soured
AND
1 teaspoon vinegar
3/4 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 325?F. Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly.

Blend in bananas, eggs and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda and salt
together. Add to banana mixture, alternating with buttermilk and mixing
thoroughly after each addition. Add nuts and gently mix. Pour batter into
greased and floured loaf pan. Bake for 1 1/4 hours, or until done.

Answer 10

Homemade Banana Pudding Pie
Submitted by: Pat

Photo by: singaporegirl "Can't stand those instant banana puddings. This one is old and authentic!"
Original recipe yield: 1 pie.
Servings:8 (change)

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INGREDIENTS:
2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs
3 bananas, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
2 teaspoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 egg whites
1/4 cup white sugar

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DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Line the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate with a layer of alternating vanilla wafers and banana slices.
To Make Pudding: In a medium saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups sugar with flour. Mix well, then stir in half the milk. Beat egg yolks and whisk into sugar mixture. Add remaining milk and butter or margarine.
Place mixture over low heat and cook until thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour half of pudding over vanilla wafer and banana layer while still hot.
Make another layer of alternating vanilla wafers and banana slices on top of pudding layer. Pour remaining pudding over second wafer and banana layer.
To Make Meringue: In a large glass or metal bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, continuing to beat until whites are stiff. Spread meringue into pie pan, making sure to completely cover pudding layer.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, just until meringue is browned. Chill before serving.
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Answer 11

Use half & half rather than milk in any of the above recipes and it will be far better. I also recommend making it only 1 day in advance-- the cookies soften a bit but the bananas don't get gross.