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Banana Pudding Cups

Banana Pudding Cups combine a sweet, creamy vanilla pudding with crispy vanilla wafers and fresh bananas for a treat the whole family will love.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword banana,pudding,vanilla wafers
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 servings
Calories 559kcal

Equipment

  • Medium Saucepan
  • whisk
  • dessert cups

Ingredients

  • 3 cups milk (Can use whole, 2%, half and half or cream. The richer the milk, the richer the pudding.)
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 bananas
  • 1 box mini vanilla wafers
  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • 4 tablespoons powdered sugar

Instructions

  •  In a small bowl whisktogether ¼ cup of milk and cornstarch. Set aside.
  • In a medium saucepan whisktogether the remaining milk, salt, and sugar. Allow the mixture to heat untilsteaming, do not let boil.
  • While the milk heats, whiskegg yolks in a small bowl.  Add a ¼ cupof the heated milk to the egg yolks while whisking.  Then add egg yolks back to the milk andwhisk. Add the cornstarch mixture as well. Cook until thick and creamy.
  • Remove from heat and addbutter and vanilla and whisk.  Letpudding cool.
  • Wisk the heavy whipping creamwith a mixer and add powdered sugar until stiff peaks are formed.
  • Then put whipped cream in aplastic piping bag or use a ziplock baggy and cut the corner off.
  • Put the pudding in a piping bag as well.
  • Put a couple vanilla wafers in the bottom of the dessert cup. Then layer a slice of banana, pudding,and whip cream, and then repeat again ending with whipping cream on top.
  • Crumble cookie on top for decoration.