Homemade Banana Pudding

5 from 2 votes

This Homemade Banana Pudding Recipe is easy to make and extra tasty. This recipe will leave you craving more!

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Chill Time2 20

Total Time2 40

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 456kcal

3 cups milk whole or 2%
3 tbs flour
Pinch of salt
¾ cup sugar
1 whole egg
3 egg yolks
1 tbs butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 bananas sliced
cool whip thawed- at least 8 oz but you may need more depending on how you layer the pudding in cups.
11 oz Nilla Wafers

In a medium saucepan combine milk, flour, sugar, salt and 1 whole egg. Whisk together.
3 cups milk, 3 tbs flour, Pinch of salt, ¾ cup sugar, 1 whole egg
Add the egg yolks and mix completely.
3 egg yolks
Heat mixture over medium heat until slightly thickened 3-5 minutes stirring constantly. The pudding is slightly thickened when you can dip a spoon into the pudding mixture, and coat the spoon completely, then run your finger down the back of the spoon and it creates line that doesn’t close back up/fill in with pudding.
Continue stirring until the mixture it just comes to a boil, then whisk for an additional 1 minute, then remove from heat and continue whisking off heat for 20-30 more seconds (helps prevent burning).
After you’ve sufficiently whisked the pudding, stir in vanilla and butter.
1 tbs butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
At this point I like to run the pudding through a fine mesh strainer/sieve to make it absolutely smooth but if you don’t have one no worries.
Place pudding in a bowl, and let sit for 20 minutes, then cover with plastic wrap so the plastic touches the surface of the pudding to prevent a film/skin forming. Refrigerate pudding until set, ~2 hrs.
Once set, layer the pudding in cups or mason jars with crushed Nilla Wafers, banana slices, and cool whip.
4 bananas, cool whip, 11 oz Nilla Wafers

Tips and Tricks

Keep heat at medium so sugars melt properly and the pudding will set up correctly.
If you heat to high and to fast you could burn/scorch the pudding or it won’t set up like it should.
To make enough for a trifle dish you will need to double the recipe.
Depending on the size of cups/bowls this may serve more or less than 8.