Banana Pudding

Name: Banana Pudding
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 7 , large bananas, slightly underripe; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces; 298 grams), sugar; 8 , large egg yolks; 6 tablespoons (1½ ounces; 43 grams), cornstarch; 6 cups, half-and-half; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1 (12 ounces; 340 grams) box, vanilla wafers; 1 cup, heavy cream, chilled; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2010, Cook's Country TV

Desserts or Baked Goods

Puddings, Custards, Gelatins, & Souffles

Fruit Desserts

Creamy, sweet, cold, and fruity, good banana pudding can't be beat. What a shame it is so rarely good.

SERVES12

TIME1¼ hours, plus 8¾ hours chilling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We opted for half-and-half instead of milk in our Banana Pudding recipe. If we were going to go to the trouble of making this recipe, we wanted it to be rich and creamy. Roasting the bananas intensified their flavor and helped break them do...

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