Walter's Banana Pudding

Ingredients

  • 3 eggs, seperated
  • 1 C sugar
  • 3 T flour
  • dash of salt
  • 2 C milk (preferably whole)
  • splash of vanilla
  • 5 bananas, cut and tossed in lemon juice and a pinch of sugar
  • 1 box of Vanilla Wafer cookies

Directions

  1. Over medium-low heat, whisk together egg yolks, sugar, flour and salt until smooth
  2. Reduce heat to low and add milk
  3. Whisk constantly until custard thickens and coats the back of a spoon (8-10 minutes)
  4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla
  5. Smear a small amount of custard over the bottom of a baking dish (8x13 or 3 qt or larger)
  6. Layer cookies, then bananas, and enough custard to barley cover. Repeat to use all of the bananas and custard.
  7. Beat egg whites with a little custard to form meringue. Spread meringue over pudding
  8. Bake in a 350 degree oven about 10-15 minutes or until meringue begins to brown