What is the best, easiest, and cheapest homemade banana pudding recipe?

I need a recipe for banana pudding, with the vanilla wafers and all, for a cookout on Tuesday. I need the ingredients to be cheap, and the recipe be easy, but still be awesome.What is the best, easiest, and cheapest homemade banana pudding recipe?
Make a couple of boxes of banana pudding, vanilla wafers, cut up bananas, and coolwhip. mix the pudding and cool whip together. And just layer everything .....household fave here..What is the best, easiest, and cheapest homemade banana pudding recipe?
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Use half %26amp; half rather than milk in any of the above recipes and it will be far better. I also recommend making it only 1 day in advance-- the cookies soften a bit but the bananas don't get gross.
Banana Pudding





3-1/2 tablespoon all-purpose flour


1 1/3 cup sugar


Dash of salt


3 eggs, separated


3 cup milk


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1 (12 oz.) pkg. vanilla wafers


6 medium bananas


1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoon sugar


1 teaspoon vanilla extract





Combine flour, 1 1/3 cups sugar and salt in a heavy sauce pan. Beat egg yolks; combine egg yolks and milk, mixing well. Stir into dry ingredients; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. Remove from heat; stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Layer one-third of wafers in a 3 quart baking dish. Slice bananas, and layer over wafers. Pour one-third of custard over bananas. Repeat layers twice. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat until blended. Spread meringue over custard, sealing edges of dish. Bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
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Try this one.





First Layer





Use 9x13 in. pan


Put in Graham Cracker Crust





Second Layer





Beat together for 10 min:


1-box powdered sugar


2- sticks oleo (not diet margarine)


2- eggs


T- vanilla





Spread over crust


Spread a layer of banana slices


Spread on 1 large can drained pineapple (optional)


Cover with cool whip and sprinkle with nuts
In order to save money on the ingredients, I personally use the store brand name. They taste just as good as the name brand, but for a fraction of the cost.





I line the bottom of the pan with vanilla wafers, then make the pudding as directed. I slice up bananas and put into the pudding, and pour the mixture into the pan. Then, I line the sides of the pan with vanilla wafers. I set it in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving!!





Hope it helps!!
Homemade Banana Pudding Pie


Submitted by: Pat





Photo by: singaporegirl ';Can't stand those instant banana puddings. This one is old and authentic!';


Original recipe yield: 1 pie.


Servings:8 (change)





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INGREDIENTS:


2 cups vanilla wafer crumbs


3 bananas, sliced into 1/4 inch slices


1 1/2 cups white sugar


1/4 cup all-purpose flour


2 cups milk


3 egg yolks


2 teaspoons butter


2 teaspoons vanilla extract


3 egg whites


1/4 cup white sugar





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DIRECTIONS:


Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).


Line the bottom and sides of a 9 inch pie plate with a layer of alternating vanilla wafers and banana slices.


To Make Pudding: In a medium saucepan, combine 1 1/2 cups sugar with flour. Mix well, then stir in half the milk. Beat egg yolks and whisk into sugar mixture. Add remaining milk and butter or margarine.


Place mixture over low heat and cook until thickened, stirring frequently. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract. Pour half of pudding over vanilla wafer and banana layer while still hot.


Make another layer of alternating vanilla wafers and banana slices on top of pudding layer. Pour remaining pudding over second wafer and banana layer.


To Make Meringue: In a large glass or metal bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, continuing to beat until whites are stiff. Spread meringue into pie pan, making sure to completely cover pudding layer.


Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, just until meringue is browned. Chill before serving.


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Mash as many bananas as you think are needed, add cream or milk until you think its at the right cosistency with an electric blender. Now thats it.


KEEP REFRIGERATED UNTIL THE PARTY!!!





Have fun at the party.
Ok wtf with the insanely long answer up above... anyways for something simpler...





Mash many ripe bananas, add it to vanilla pudding... then layer this with sliced bananas, cool whip, and the vanilla wafers.
Banana Nut Bread with Buttermilk





Serving Size: 12





Ingredients:


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method








Cooking Directions:


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3/4 cup butter or margarine


1 1/2 cups granulated white sugar


1 1/2 cups mashed bananas (3 medium bananas)


2 eggs -- well beaten


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


2 cups all-purpose flour


1 teaspoon baking soda


3/4 teaspoon salt


1/2 cup buttermilk


OR


1/2 cup milk -- soured


AND


1 teaspoon vinegar


3/4 cup chopped walnuts





Preheat oven to 325?F. Cream butter and sugar together thoroughly.





Blend in bananas, eggs and vanilla. Sift flour, baking soda and salt


together. Add to banana mixture, alternating with buttermilk and mixing


thoroughly after each addition. Add nuts and gently mix. Pour batter into


greased and floured loaf pan. Bake for 1 1/4 hours, or until done.
The one on the Nilla wafer box. It is extremely simple and my mom used and it and I have been using it for so many years.
2 boxes of instant vanilla pudding


4 cups milk


1 box vanilla wafers


At least 4 ripe bananas





mix pudding with milk according to package instruction.


make 1 layer of vanilla wafers on bottom of container. make 1 layer of bananas on top of wafers, pour in 1/3 of pudding. Repeat layers. Top with crushed vanilla wafers and refrigerate.
The Best Banana Pudding





The Banana Pudding recipe you'll find here makes the best banana pudding I have ever tasted. I'll admit that statement qualifies the title of the article, but I'll bet it's the best banana pudding you've ever tasted, too.





Banana pudding is not currently a fashionable dessert. You never see it served in ';good'; restaurants. And when it is found in a restaurant, more than likely it's a dollop of instant banana-flavored pudding with a vanilla wafer stuck in it and a dab of non-dairy whipped topping.





Perhaps banana pudding gets no respect because of the vanilla wafers. It's likely that vanilla wafers, being ordinary cookies in the familiar yellow box found in stores everywhere, are regarded as pedestrian among gourmets. Of course, your trendy tiramisu, which uses packaged lady fingers as a base, gets away with it.





When I began thinking about writing this article, I started wondering about the origins of this wonderful dessert. I wondered if banana pudding existed before vanilla wafers and, if that is the case, when did vanilla wafers get their start? And is banana pudding a southern dessert? And if so, why, because good bananas are available everywhere year-round. But there need not be so many questions here. Banana pudding merely lacks glamour, because it certainly doesn't lack anything else you would want in a dessert.





Is it easy to make? Yes, it is. Well, you have to do a little more than boil water, but it's definitely not difficult to make. It's wonderful warm from the oven or cold from the refrigerator. It requires no exotic ingredients, other than the bananas which, when you think about it, really are pretty exotic. Banana pudding may be the original comfort food.





The key to great banana pudding is ripe bananas. In fact, they should be very ripe. Yellow with little brown specks. Bananas ripen best in the dark, so put them in a paper bag and check on them until they're perfect. They ripen every bit as well when they're in the refrigerator, too, assuming it's dark in your refrigerator.





Now, if you want to make banana pudding that will have people rolling their eyes and moaning, here's how to do it:





Banana Pudding





1 cup Sugar


1/2 cup all-purpose flour


1/2 teaspoon salt


2 cups milk (whole or 2%)


1 teaspoon vanilla extract


1 tablespoon butter (not margarine)


4 egg yolks (large eggs or better)


box of Vanilla wafers


4-5 ripe bananas


Meringue:





4 egg whites, at room temperature


5 tablespoons sugar


1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar


1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract


Preheat oven to 375掳F.





Give this old favorite a try.
Take a large box of vanilla pudding mix, make the pudding up and in a large bowl add to the pudding, 1 tub of cool whip ( it can be store brand) one can of sweetened condensed milk, stir until mixed well, then add your vanilla wafers and sliced bananas.





This a down home southern Alabama recipe, it is rich but very good its always a crowd pleaser.
you will need 3cups milk , 6 tablespoons margarine, one half cup of sugar , 6 tablespoons flour 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and bananas a sauce pan melt margarine in sauce pan with the sugar, stir in flour , mix will be bulky , slowly pour in the milk on medium heat stir until mixture thickens, when thickened add vanilla stir, add sliced bananas let cool put into pudding cups ,yum yum!