Old Fashioned Southern Homemade Banana Pudding – Classic banana pudding starts with the crunchy layer of vanilla wafers, layered with perfectly ripe banana slices and covered in the best homemade vanilla pudding you have ever tasted.

If you grew up in the south then this style of banana pudding is the kind you always remember your mom or grandmother making.


Now you can make it for your family.

Ingredients you will need include…

• 8 tbsp. flour
• 1 cup of sugar
• dash of salt
• 4 cups of milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3-4 ripe bananas
• vanilla wafers (approximately 1 box)
  
  

Directions for cooking southern homemade banana pudding

Begin by mixing your flour, sugar, salt, milk, egg yolks, and vanilla in a saucepan.

Cook on medium until thick, continuing to stir so that it doesn’t stick to your pan.


This will take approximately 15-20 minutes to thicken.

Layer the cookies and banana slices on the bottom of the dish.

Pour 1/2 of the pudding mixture over the top.

Repeat with the second layering of cookies, bananas, and the second 1/2 of the pudding.

The last step is to crunch up a few additional vanilla wafers and sprinkle them on the top.


Some southern banana pudding recipes top their pudding with a traditional meringue. If you would like to stick to that, you can find how to make a traditional meringue recipe here.


You could also top with whipped topping, which we think would be delicious as well.


I certainly don’t think you can go wrong with either topping as the true power player of this recipe is the rich vanilla egg custard.

Yes, you can eat this delicious southern homemade banana pudding straight away if you like it warm, otherwise, refrigerate until you are ready to serve.


This recipe is so easy, truly the only difficult part is waiting for it to chill before eating.

A few questions you might have…