Paulettes 100 Banana Pudding Food

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.

PAULETTE'S $100 BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Cut up your bananas and layer a 9x13 pan with one layer of cookies and then one layer of bananas (it's important that you do this first because the pudding mixture gets so thick so quick that you won't have time to do it after you've done the mixture).
• Mix the pudding, milk, cool whip and condensed milk with a blender (if it's really thick to where you think you've made a mistake, that is the sign of a good batch).
• Then spread a layer of the pudding mixture on top of the bananas.
• Repeat- cookies, bananas, and pudding mixture till the pan is full- be sure the pudding is on top.
• Stick more cookies all the way around the sides.
• Cover the pan with foil and place in the fridge overnight- it's MUCH better after a night in the fridge!
• Enjoy!

PAULA DEEN'S BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• Line the bottom of a 13x9x2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.
• In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.