Magnolia Bakery's Banana Pudding Recipe

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.

Take sweetened condensed milk and mix it with ice cold water (water should be very cold, put in freezer for 20 minutes).

Mix the condensed milk and cold water for about one minute.

Add Jello vanilla instant pudding to the mixture and continue to mix for about one minute.

Transfer the mixture back to a measuring cup, cover it, and put it in the fridge for about four hours.

After four hours, make whipped cream using three cups of heavy whipping cream, starting at low speed and increasing to high until stiff peaks form (about five minutes).

Mix the chilled pudding into the whipped cream on low speed to maintain air volume, then fold in any remaining pudding gently.

Assemble the pudding by spreading a layer of vanilla pudding at the bottom of your tray.

Add a layer of vanilla wafers and then a layer of sliced bananas.

Continue layering with pudding, wafers, and bananas, finishing with a layer of vanilla pudding on top.

Crumble some vanilla wafers on top for decoration, cover the tray, and refrigerate overnight (at least 12 hours).

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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