Banana Pudding Layered Bars
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 10 Servings
 
Banana Pudding Layered Bars are a delicious cool decadent dessert filled with layers dripping in bananas, whipped cream, vanilla custard, lightly sweetened cream cheese on a bed of buttered vanilla wafers which takes you back to a bit of nostalgia.
Ingredients
Crust
  • 40 Vanilla wafers, crushed into crumbs
  • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
Custard Pudding
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 12-ounce can of evaporated milk (12 ounces whole milk)
  • 1 cup water, cold
  • 1 package unflavored gelatin
Cream Cheese Filling
  • 1 large container Cool Whip topping, divided
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 8-ounce package cream cheese
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 bananas, sliced into ½-inch circles
Instructions
Crust
  1. Rectangle baking dish, 9"x13"
  2. Crush the wafer in a plastic storage bag. Then, add sugar and melted butter combining all the ingredients. Press the crust into the baking dish. Chill while preparing the filling.
Pudding
  1. Bring a 1-1/2 cups of water to a rolling simmer in the bottom half of a double boiler. Next, place the top half of the double boiler on top of the bottom half. However, do not let the water touch the bottom of the pan. In the top of the double boiler whisk together the butter, and flour for 2 minutes until smooth. Add the evaporated milk, sugar, and salt continue to stir until smooth.
  2. Temper the beaten egg yolks by adding a small amount of the milk mixture to the egg yolk. Mainly, this prevents the yolks from scrambling. Mix thoroughly. Then add the egg yolks to the double boiler and whisk to prevent lumps from forming.
  3. Mix the gelatin into the cold water. Add the water to the double boiler, briskly whisking.
  4. Cook until the mixture thickens about 15 to 20 minutes. Add the vanilla extract once thicken, set aside and allow to cool in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
  5. Don't allow the pudding to become hard and lumpy.
Cream cheese filling
  1. Beat cream cheese in a medium mixing bowl. Then, gradually add 1 cup Cool Whip topping, ½ cup sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract beating until fluffy.
  2. Pour over crumb crust then, gently smooth the cream cheese over the crust.
  3. Completely cover the cream cheese with the banana slices. Now, spread the cool custard pudding over the sliced bananas.
  4. The last step is to spread the remaining Cool Whip topping on the banana pudding layered bars. Refrigerate for 2 hours. Garnish with crush cookies, sprinkles, bananas or Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies Crisp. Enjoy!
Recipe by The Crafty Boomer at https://www.thecraftyboomer.com/banana-pudding-layered-bars/