Old-Fashioned Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 cups milk, divided
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 dozen vanilla wafers
• 4 or 5 sliced bananas

Instructions

1. Combine first 3 ingredients with 1 cup milk. Scald remaining milk; add cornstarch mixture. Stir over medium heat until thickened. Reduce heat; add butter and vanilla extract. Cool.
2. Alternate layers of vanilla wafers, bananas and pudding in a large shallow dish and chill.
3. May be topped with whipped cream.

Attribution

Thelma Allen - Recipes from Sweet Yesterday