Dessert Recipes
Spirited Banana Pudding
Yield: 10 to 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cups vanilla wafers
- 1/4 cup rum
- 1/4 cup Bourbon
- 1 1/4 cups + 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups milk
- 8 large egg yolks, beaten
- 2 teaspoons + 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 8 ripe bananas, sliced
- 1 cup + 1/2 cup crumbled chocolate-covered toffee bars
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Place vanilla wafers in a shallow bowl and sprinkle with rum and Bourbon. Set aside.
- Combine 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour, salt, milk, egg yolks and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract in top of a double boiler. Place over simmering water. (Do not let water boil or touch bottom of top pan.) Stir continuously until thick enough to heavily coat back of a metal spoon. Place top of double boiler in a bowl of ice water. Stir for about 5 minutes to stop the cooking.
- Layer half of vanilla wafers, half of bananas, half of custard and 1/2 cup crumbled toffee bars in an 8 x 12-inch glass baking dish. Repeat layers.
- Whip cream, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract. Spread whipped cream over pudding.
- Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup crumbled toffee bars over top.
- Refrigerate before serving.
Attribution
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