Grandma’s Homemade Banana Pudding
By A Cowboy's Wife •
May 16, 2008
This is one food that is requested from family members for me to bring to holiday get-togethers and any other time I can. It’s my grandmother’s recipe for Banana Pudding, from scratch! I dislike instant pudding big time and once you’ve had this……you won’t go back!!
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 heaping Tbsp. Flour…and I mean heaping!
- 1/2 cup sugar or a little more;)
- 2 cups milk
- 2 eggs
- butter
- vanilla
- Vanilla Wafers (save some to crumble for the top)
- Bananas
DIRECTIONS:
In a saucepan, mix flour & sugar then add eggs and mix well. Start your burner and slowly add milk; a little at a time stirring constantly. Continue stirring until it has thickened. After thick, add butter and vanilla to taste. I would say about 1 Tbsp of butter maybe. I double this recipe to make a bunch so it’s hard for me to give you accurate measurements. Not too much vanilla either or it will taste almost chocolatey. Maybe a 1/4 tsp?? Again, not sure. Just taste it.
You’ll want to layer your wafer cookies and bananas for a pretty presentation. I don’t do this though..I throw in a bowl..LOL. I refrigerate mine over night because I like it VERY cold but you should refrigerate it for a few hours.
Ingredients…..
Here’s all the good stuff cooking in the saucepan……
While you’re cooking the the stuff in the pot, you can slice your bananas and layer your wafers & bananas. Don’t forget to keep stirring your pudding though.
Once your pudding is done, add the butter and vanilla. Remember, I double my recipe so that’s why there is more in my pudding!
Now that it’s done, you pour into your dish with your wafers and bananas.
This is where the extra wafers come in. Crush them up and sprinkle on top.
Sprinkle and Viola!
Remember to refrigerate….once nice and cold, sit back and enjoy!!!
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and thank you gramma for a most incredible recipe that the entire blogisphere can now replicate. There’s no doubt in my mind that this is going to be on my table very soon. Looks just wonderful.
Yes Giz..it is!!! And the thicker the better!!!
This looks like something my family would eat up in a hurry. Thanks Lori. If I use the milk I buy fresh from the farm and the eggs, the organic sugar and bananas and maybe some whole wheat waffers (do they exist) I’ve given the recipe a green twist. Or maybe not! LOL!
Okay then…first off I miss my grandma now…mine made the most divine chocolate pie…second…I am going to make you go running with me when I gain the five lbs this is going to put on me…I LOVE Banana Pudding!!! Third…YOU sooooooo rock in the kitchen….*sigh*….
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Wow! I LOVE banana pudding! I’m gonna have to try this recipe sometime! A different recipe from what I normally use, but we are always looking for more. Thanks for sharing!
I love the pictures too by the way! It looks so yummy and inviting!
I made this last night and it was delicious! You were right about it needing to be COLD though. We ate it after 3 hours in the fridge and not quite cold enough. This morning it is perfect. Do you do anything to keep the bananas from browning?
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how much butter?
Grandma’s homemade banana pudding I love desserts and the pictures look so good I can’t wait to try this
I love the photos! I am not a very good cook so
the photos are a HUGE help!! This is a great
recipe that I will try for our July 4th dinner tomorrow!Thanks!!!
My husband loves bana pudding and I never knew how to make it from scratch now thanks to you I did and he loved it very much thank you so much
Great recipe! I love any dessert that I don’t have to bake.
I soak my sliced bananas or “naners” as we call them, in lemon juice to keep them from turning brown.
Ummmmmm just like Moms
Don’t you have to let the pudding cool before you pour it over the wafers and bananas?
I can’t wait to try this, I love banana pudding.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for this recipe! I made it earlier this evening. I chose this recipe, because it was so simple. Too simple maybe, because I don’t cook often and get nervous about adding ingredients ‘to taste’.
But it turned out fine. I had the flame on medium and made a double recipe using 4 or 5 bananas. I poured the pudding over the bananas and wafers hot, didn’t bother to layer (oh, how freeing to dump everything in a bowl and be done with it!) or even sprinkle crumbled wafers on top. My sister wanted it right away and enjoyed it hot, so I don’t think it matters either way about cooling the mixture before pouring over the bananas and wafers.
I was sitting in lonely old Italy craving for American food when I found your site. I tried the recipe but had to skip vanilla because I didn’t have any and it wouldn’t have made much of a difference because over here it is not the same. Anyway, I ended up adding a little bit of Noci Moscate(nutmeg). It came out wonderful! Thanks!
Very funny. Just like msday above me, I’m sitting in Italy, craving food from home! I found this recipe and am now going to see if there’s a way to make some good ol’ Southern food for my host family!
found your website through google because I had a box of nilla wafers I bought to make pudding with and need to find a recipe that didn’t require pudding mix. Took what you had, doubled it, used 3 cups skim and 1 cup of half-and-half, 2 tablespoons butter. Stirred for about 30-40 minutes (probably could’ve cranked the heat a bit more at the beginning). I only had three bananas but it looks like there should be plenty. Haven’t cooled it yet but so far what came out of the pan tastes DELICIOUS. Thanks!
I just made this for our company lunch today, we do it each friday. Only thing I would add is a bit more vanilla and also to mix in the pudding to the bowl of bananas and wafers. It looked like it needed it, guess it depends on your bowl.
Thanks so much, this is MUCH easier than my typical recipe.
I gurantee you’ll like it a little warm, when it is first made. Does not have to be chilled.
have made for years, good hot or cold.my mother-in-law showed me how,she is now 94years old.so you know it’s a old recipe.my family loves it.you can also use this for choclate pudding also.just add hershey’s cocoa to the pudding.about one table spoon.makes a great cho pie.
That banana pudding looks so good,I cant wait to make it!
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I made this for our memorial day dinner on Monday, my father is a stickler about banana pudding and LOVES the stuff! I made this to “impress” him with my cooking skills! My father give it a two thumbs up, and my husband who says he does’t like banana pudding that much, raved about it and said it was delicious!
Thanks for posting!!! I will never us a boxed mix again in my life, this was way easy to make and much better! I am still eating left overs!!!
I am going to make this homemade banana pudding for my son’s 30th birthday party cookout this weekend. His wife wanted me to make this desert using instant pudding…but it will be the hit of the party with this yummy sounding version. Thanks, Kathy P.S. I can’t wait to watch everyone’s face when they taste the difference.
Wow, this looks positively amazing. Thanks for the recipe (I’m making it right now with some old bananas — no wafers, but have graham crackers).
Yum, I’m so excited
I have a homemade recipe from scratch, the filling is the key, again from scratch, sugar, evaporated milk, real butter, egg yokes, flour,& water..This stuff is the BOMB, would be a Great addition to anyones buffett
I found this recipe when i typed in homemade banana pudding recipe.I made it and it is absolutely delicious! It taste like the banana pudding my mom used to make and she passed away 4yr ago.I prefer the pudding while it is still warm. THANKS
thank you so much we burnt our pudding and needed a recipe thanks alot ur the best
love your pictures.. Im going to have to make this for my family…
I tried your recipe but I added a couple of things! I used splenda instead of sugar, and added a pinch of cinnamon (yum)! Thanks for the recipe!
Can I use margerine instead of butter?
Yes, that’s fine. good luck!