Banana Pudding

I kept receiving subtle and overt hints that banana pudding should be one of my desserts this year for Thanksgiving. Fortunately, I could turn to @trishayearwood for the perfect recipe. I was the gal not raised in a home deep into cooking, so making my own pudding is magic.

As I read the recipe the first time, I realized I finally had a reason to use a double boiler. Too bad, I gave it away due to lack of use. Regardless, I was able to create a double boiler from a pot and steel bowl which did the trick beautifully.

The magic is how sugar, vanilla, flour, egg yolks and one whole egg with milk could become a delicious pudding. It took some work to keep stirring for ten minutes, but the outcome was worth the effort.
The rest of the “construction,” was layering the pudding, then the vanilla wafers, followed by the bananas two times. To top it off, I make a meringue with the leftover egg whites.

The dish looked stunning, but I could almost hear my mom’s voice say why don’t you use boxed instant pudding and cool whip as it will taste the same. My voice pushed back and said no way!