Osie's Old-fashioned Banana Pudding

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 eggs, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (10 ounce) bag vanilla wafers
• 6 bananas, sliced
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine (to make custard) sugar, flour, corn starch, and salt in a pot.
• 2 stir in milk.
• 3 heat over low heat, stirring often to avoid scorching, until thickened.
• 4 (beleive me, you will know when this happens!-seems like it takes"forever") beat egg yolks and gradually stir into the hot sugar mixture.
• 5 cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• 6 remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 7 "line"a 2 quart casserole dish with a layer of wafers and top with half of the sliced bananas.
• 8 (**iusually have this step finished before i begin to make the custard.**) pour half of"custard" over bananas.
• 9 repeat, ending with custard on top.
• 10 in separate bowl, beat egg whites stiff, but not dry.
• 11 (i use the electric mixer on high.) gradually add 1/4 c sugar and beat until mixture forms stiff peaks.
• 12 pile on top of pudding.
• 13 spread it around to the edges of the dish to"seal" it.
• 14 (then make the top pretty by making designs with the back of the spoon.) bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for about 5 minutes.
• 15 (until the egg whites start to turn a golden brown) watch this close, because sometimes mine turns black-really fast!
• 16 serve warm or chilled.