Banana Pudding Recipe - Inspired by Magnolia Bakery | No Talking Cooking Video | Make Eat Home

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.

To make the vanilla pudding, put milk, egg yolks, vanilla paste, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a small saucepan. Mix until well incorporated.

Heat on medium-low and stir continuously until mixture has thickened.

Transfer vanilla pudding to a medium bowl and lay a plastic wrap on the surface of the pudding to prevent a skin from forming. Let the pudding cool.

Pour whipping cream in a large bowl. Whip the cream until stiff peaks form.

Remove the plastic wrap covering the cooled vanilla pudding and mix the pudding to loosen and remove any lumps.

Spoon into the pudding about one-fourth of the whipped cream and fold in gently until just barely combined.

Add the rest of the whipped cream and fold it in until incorporated into the vanilla pudding.

Using a trifle bowl or individual serving jars, spoon in layers of the vanilla pudding cream, vanilla wafers and sliced bananas. Repeat each layer until all the components have been used up.

Refrigerate pudding for about 4 hours. Serve chilled.

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