- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings
This banana pudding recipe tastes so incredibly good. It’s almost made entirely from scratch, with the vanilla cookies being the exception. Packaged vanilla pudding is super common for banana pudding, but fresh homemade vanilla pudding tastes SO MUCH better. It’s also relatively easy to make yourself. The final step for this recipe is to let the banana pudding sit overnight in the fridge. If you can’t wait the full 8 hours, wait as long as you can before serving!
Ingredient:
- 5 medium to large bananas
- 1 (11oz) box vanilla cookies, Nilla Wafers
- 4 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup (150g) sugar
- 2 tablespoons (16g) cornstarch
- 3 cups (709ml) whole milk, divided
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons (56g) salted butter
- Fresh whipped cream, optional for serving
