Cloud Nine Banana Pudding Food

PUDDING IN A CLOUD

Steps:

• Spoon 1/3 cup COOL WHIP onto bottom and up side of each of 6 dessert dishes.
• Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Let stand 5 min. Spoon into center of each dish.
• Serve immediately. Or, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

MICROWAVE BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Put the butter in a 1-litre baking dish and microwave on High for 30 secs-1 min until melted. Add 1½ bananas, mash into the melted butter, then add the sugar, flour, cinnamon, eggs and milk. Mix together well.
• Slice the remaining banana over the top, then return to the microwave and cook on High for 8 mins until cooked through and risen. Serve warm, dusted with icing sugar, if you like, with a drizzle of toffee sauce and a scoop of ice cream.

THE BEST BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Bring the milk to a simmer in a large saucepan over medium heat, then remove from the heat. Meanwhile, whisk the sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, vanilla paste and salt together in a medium bowl.
• While whisking, slowly add about 1 cup of the warm milk to the egg mixture. Pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan, whisking constantly. Continue to cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture comes to a boil. Lower the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter.
• Transfer the pudding to a large bowl and press a piece of plastic wrap directly against the surface. Refrigerate until cold, about 1 hour.
• Arrange 19 wafer cookies in the bottom of a 4-quart trifle dish. Top with 1 cup pudding, then arrange 2 sliced bananas on top. Repeat the layers ending with bananas.
• Add the heavy cream, confectioners' sugar and a pinch of salt to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until stiff peaks form, about 2 minutes.
• Spread the whipped cream over the pudding and sprinkle the crushed wafer cookies around the border. Refrigerate until the pudding is firm, at least 2 hours or up to overnight.

BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Combine sugar, flour and salt in saucepan; Stir in milk and cook over medium heat until thick. (Be careful not to scortch pan).
• Beat egg yolks, temper egg yolks by adding two tbsp of hot mixture to yolks then yolks to hot mixture.
• Cook for 5 minutes; remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
• In a 9x13 pan place a single layer of vanilla wafers on the bottom of the dish and up the sides.
• Place banana slices over cookies, top with pudding and chill in refrigerator.
• Before serving top with real whip cream. (Some people prefer meringue or cool whip which is fine but I think a 1/2 pt of heavy whip cream beat with 2 tbsp of sugar is the icing on the pudding).

QUICK AND EASY BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine pudding mix, milk and vanilla. With electric mixer, beat 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
• Add 1 cup whipped topping.
• In a 1 1/2 quart round dish layer half of wafers, bananas and pudding.
• Drizzle with topping.
• Repeat layers, ending with pudding.
• Top with remaining 1/2 cup of whipped topping.
• Sprinkle with 3 crushed cookies, if desired.