Ooh, It’s Magic

The first time I made banana pudding I distinctly remember using instant pudding.  I am not even sure I used a recipe since Big Guy had remembered his mom’s recipe.

A couple years ago I was gifted Trisha Yearwood’s cookbook which had a recipe for banana pudding.  I was intrigued to try it as I saw no instant pudding anywhere on the page.  I gamely put on a pot of boiling water and created a double boiler with my mixing bowl.

As I put in one whole egg, three egg yolks, sugar, flour, salt, and milk, I admit I was doubtful the mixture would create anything that looked like pudding.  To my wonder, after ten minutes of stirring the mixture, it became a beautiful pudding.  It truly was magic to me. 

I made it again this Thanksgiving and it was a hit.  I even put the meringue on top to give it the wow factor it deserved befitting time with family.

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