Not Yo Mama's Banana Pudding

I have such fun when I make this dish

I can't help but laugh every time I make it because it makes me think of my friend Rachel

that lives in Jacksonville. Well, one day Rachel had been up to see me and she said, oh my gosh, Paula

She said, I have the best recipe for banana pudding. It's so different from what we usually do

She said, I've got to send it to you. So she was true to her words

She sent it to me along with a note saying, Paula, the original name of this recipe was

called Mama's Banana Puddin'. But Rachel said that when she finally got around to making it and she tasted it, she

said, well it damn sure ain't my Mama's Banana Puddin'. My Mama's Banana Puddin' is not that good

So she said, I've renamed the recipe Nacho Mama's Banana Puddin'. And I thought that was so funny

She went on to tell me that she had ended the day with a terrible bellyache because

she had over-served herself. Now one of the things that makes this banana pudding different from your regular southern banana pudding is these wonderful buttery chess men cookies that we putting in it You know normally you would use a vanilla wafer

Now, if you want to cut up your bananas earlier in the day, you can

All you have to do is just toss them in a little lemon juice. And that'll keep them from turning dark on you

Because brown bananas really are not so appetizing looking. This is another real simple recipe, y'all

We're going to start with an instant vanilla pudding for our custard

We're going to add the milk

And you can see that that doesn't take long for it to start getting thick. So we're going to let that set for a minute and it'll thicken on up

And over here, we're going to mix together a softened cream cheese and a sweetened condensed milk

This stuff is This makes anything good And we going to take our very same beater We don even have to wash it because eventually it all going to wind up together anyway

When you get the two ingredients blended, then you can move it up to high speed and really get it creamy

You can see how quickly now, just while we were blending this, that our pudding set up

So we're just going to fold these together. Great start. Oh, that's so good

I really love this recipe because no cook, no bake. Now, this is the only thing that I do differently from Rachel

She uses a prepared whipped topping where I would be using a fresh whipped cream

So you can do either one there, whichever you like. And you don't have to be careful folding this together

because it's not gonna break on you. So we're ready. And you'll notice we're not even doing multiple layers on this

Let me just spread that out And then we gonna finish this off by just topping it with another layer of cookies

Look at the cookies. They've got all kind of different symbols on them

See the horses and the crowns. Look at that. It's got all the chess pieces

All we're going to do now is throw it in the refrigerator, chill it good, and it's ready

to eat. Now I've got one here that's been in the fridge about two hours now

And I think that we're going to find he's nice and chilled

Yeah, see how he's set up? Let's see. Banana pudding is a dessert that is so unpretentious

I'm not even going to bother garnishing this one. I'm just going to dig right in

I can see how Rachel over-served herself. It's a great new twist to an old-fashioned favorite