Real Old Fashioned Nanner Puddin Food

SOUTHERN BANANA PUDDING RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• Separate 3 eggs, set the whites aside for later use in the meringue.
• Add 3 cups of milk to a medium saucepan. Place over LOW heat on your stovetop.
• Slowly add flour, whisking continually to avoid lumps.
• Slowly stir in 1/2 cup of sugar, whisking continually until fully dissolved.
• Use a fork and break up the egg yolks.
• Slowly add the egg yolks to the saucepan, whisking continually to avoid making scrambled eggs. It's very important to stay with the cooking process at this point. Keep stirring.
• Increase the heat gradually up to about medium as you constantly whisk the pudding mixture.
• Using a candy thermometer, bring the mixture up to 170 degrees. Continue to stir it constantly as it thickens. When it reaches 170 degrees, remove from heat but continue to stir.
• Add the teaspoon of Vanilla Extract and continue to stir off and on as it cools down. The mixture must cool down before you begin to assemble the banana pudding.
• When fairly cool, spread a light layer of the pudding in a casserole dish.
• Add a layer of Vanilla Wafers. Reserve about 5 or 6 wafers for topping later.
• Add a layer of sliced bananas.
• Add a layer of pudding mixture, spreading it out to the edges of the dish.
• Repeat the layer process as needed, ending with a layer of the pudding mixture on top.
• Crumble the 5 or 6 reserved wafers and sprinkle on top. If not adding the meringue, bake this at 350 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Let cool and serve. Hopefully you'll try the meringue.

REAL OLD-FASHIONED "NANNER PUDDIN"

Steps:

• 1. In a heavy saucepan, combine sugar and flour and salt, mixing to remove any lumps in the flour. Add milk and cook over low to medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened.
• 2. Remove from heat. Beat egg yolks with fork and temper by adding a spoonful of the hot milk mixture and stir immediately. Repeat with about three more spoonfuls. Slowly pour tempered egg yolks into hot milk mixture, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat for two minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and butter, set aside.
• 3. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Slowly add sugar while beating. Add cream of tartar and vanilla and continue beating just until vanilla is thoroughly mixed. Set aside.
• 4. Assemble pudding by lining a casserole dish with a layer of vanilla wafers. Peel three of the bananas and slice over vanilla wafer layer. Pour 1/2 of the pudding over the bananas and smooth with spoon. Place a few vanilla wafers down the sides and on top of the pudding layer. Peel and slice the remaining bananas over pudding layer. Spoon the remainder of the pudding over bananas and smooth with spoon. Top with meringue and decorate by making small peaks with a spoon.
• 5. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Let sit at room temperature about one hour or until pudding is set. Enjoy!

UNCLE JOE'S NANNER PUDDIN

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk and the cold water. Add the pudding mix and stir briskly until well mixed. I use a spoon and my biggest bowl, you are going to add the whipped cream to this mix. Chill the pudding mix for 5 minutes.
• Now make the whipped cream. I use my KitchenAid mixer for this, you want it to be stiff peaks.
• Combine the heavy whipping cream with the vanilla extract, the powdered sugar and the pudding mix you reserved. The pudding mix keeps the whipped cream from "weeping". and makes it travel well. Whip to stiff peaks, and reserve one cup of whipped cream for your topping.
• While the cream is whipping, slice your bananas. I do them in "little finger" widths, you don't want them too thick. Some recipes call for tossing them in lemon juice; I don't do this because i don't like the citrus with the whipped cream and they won't sit long enough to get brown.
• Remembering to reserve 1 cup of whipped cream, fold the rest of your whipped cream into the pudding mix.
• Now it's time to build the pudding. In your serving container, start with a layer of pudding mix, then a layer of vanilla wafers, and a layer of bananas. I can usually get 3 layers of pudding, wafers and bananas, ending with the last of the pudding mix. Frost with your reserved whipping cream and garnish with some crushed vanilla wafers if you like. Chill overnight.

ORIGINAL 'NILLA BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• MIX 1/2 cup of the sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler.
• Blend in 3 egg yolks and milk.
• Cook, uncovered, over boiling water 10 to 12 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• RESERVE 10 of the wafers for garnish.
• Spread small amount of custard on bottom of 1-1/2-quart baking dish; cover with layers of 1/3 each of the remaining wafers and sliced bananas.
• Pour about 1/3 of the remaining custard over bananas.
• Continue to layer wafers, bananas and custard to make a total of 3 layers of each, ending with custard.
• BEAT egg whites on high speed of electric mixer until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar, beating until stiff but not dry.
• Spoon over custard; spread evenly to cover entire surface of custard and sealing well to edge.
• BAKE at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool slightly or refrigerate several hours until chilled.
• Top with reserved wafers just before serving.
• Garnish with additional banana slices, if desired.