Easy BANANA PUDDING Recipe | Homemade BANANA PUDDING

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: coconut cream

💰Cheaper: whipped topping

Coconut cream adds richness with fewer calories.

vanilla pudding mix

🥗Healthier: homemade custard

💰Cheaper: instant pudding

Homemade custard enhances flavor without preservatives.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: almond extract

💰Cheaper: imitation vanilla

Almond extract provides a different but pleasant flavor.

Pour 2 cups of whole milk into a mixing bowl.

Add the entire can of sweetened condensed milk to the bowl.

Add the instant vanilla pudding to the mixture.

Mix everything until well blended and smooth, ensuring there are no lumps.

Cover the mixture and place it in the fridge for about 5 minutes to let it set.

In a mixer, add 3 cups of heavy cream.

Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of sugar to the heavy cream.

Blend the mixture until you achieve stiff firm peaks, being careful not to over-blend.

Remove the pudding mixture from the fridge after 5 minutes.

Fold in half of the homemade whipped cream into the pudding mixture.

Line a dish with a layer of cookies (vanilla wafers and/or shortbread cookies).

Spread a layer of the pudding mixture over the cookies.

Add a layer of sliced bananas over the pudding mixture.

Repeat the layering process with more cookies and bananas.

Spread more pudding mixture over the second layer of cookies and bananas.

Top with the remaining whipped cream, spreading it evenly over the top.

Crumble some shortbread cookies on top of the whipped cream.

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