This Mama's Easy Banana Pudding

This Mama's Easy Banana Pudding

Total Time:
30 min
Prep:
30 min
Yield:12 servings

Ingredients:

1 box of Nilla Wafers
3-4 bananas, sliced
2 cups 1% milk
1 1/2 boxes ( total 5 ounces) instant banana pudding
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8-ounce) container frozen whipped topping thawed

Directions:

Line the bottom of a trifle bowl with vanilla wafers. Add a layer of sliced bananas.

In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. 

Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk together and mix until smooth. 

Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. 

Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended.

 

Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and continue alternating layers. 

Top layer should be pudding mixture with cookie border.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Wonder who ate the cookies off the top?

Yum!

An adaptation of a recipe by Paula Deen.
Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/not-yo-mamas-banana-pudding-recipe.

Linda's NOTE: My husband liked this but requested no vanilla wafers the next time I make this banana pudding. He said a graham cracker crust would be better. I'll try it that way. Sounds like a banana cream pie to me! In fact, he said this pudding would make a great Tompouce filling. I agree!!