"Best Homemade Banana Pudding recipe! Made with a rich homemade vanilla pudding, and abundance of fresh bananas, and two layers vanilla wafer cookies that soak up some of the pudding as they soften to the perfect texture...."
INGREDIENTS
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3 cups (710ml) half and half
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1 vanilla bean (or 2 tsp vanilla extract)
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1/8 tsp nutmeg, (preferably freshly grated)
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3/4 cups (150g) granulated sugar
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1/4 cup (32g) cornstarch
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1/4 tsp salt
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5 large egg yolks
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1 Tbsp butter ((unsalted or salted))
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1 (11 oz) pkg vanilla wafer cookies
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4 medium bananas ((just yellow and ripe, not green or spotty))
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2 tsp fresh lemon juice
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1 cup heavy cream
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2 Tbsp granulated sugar
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1/2 tsp vanilla extract