100 year old Banana Pudding Recipe.
Recently, a very close family friend passed away. She was 97 years old. When I went to visit her in the hospital I asked if there was anything she wanted. Her only request was for 'real' banana pudding like her mother made. That meant everything from scratch including the cookies that are used for layering. So, for this recipe you will need to make a couple dozen vanilla sugar cookies. (day old cookies work better than fresh). The recipe for sugar cookies is on this site but to make it easier, I pasted the sugar cookie recipe at the bottom of this page.
The ingredients you will need for this recipe :
A dozen or so vanilla sugar cookies
5 or 6 bananas ( sliced)
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 cups of whole milk
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter
Preheat oven to 325
You will first make the custard, then you will layer the custard, cookies and bananas in a baking dish. Then you will make a merengue and spread that on top of the pudding and bake the entire pudding until the merengue is done.
To make the Custard:
Separate the 4 eggs. Lightly beat the egg yolks and combine them with the 3 cups of milk. Lightly whisk the egg yolks and milk together.
In a sauce pan combine 1/ 1/2 cups of sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Whisk the dry ingredients together until smooth. Add the egg and milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk together. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly with whisk. Once it has thickened, remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
In a 2 or 3 quart baking dish
Make a layer of the sugar cookies on the bottom and sides of dish. Then add a layer of bananas over the cookies then pour a layer of the custard mixture over the cookies and bananas. Repeat layering 2 to three times. Set aside.
To make the Merengue:
Combine together the 4 egg whites and the 1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter. Whip on high speed until it begins to foam. Once it begins to foam add 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue to whip until eggs whites form stiff peaks.
Spoon the merengue gently on top of pudding, spreading and shaping as you go.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the merengue is golden brown.
100 year old Amish sugar cookie recipe
1 pound butter
3 cups sugar
4 well beaten eggs
8 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
4 tsp baking powder
2 cups heavy cream
1 tbsn vanilla
Cream together butter,sugar,eggs and vanilla. Then add your cream slowly. Then add all other ingredients. Roll out dough to about 1/2 inch thick and cut desired shape. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Do not over bake as this will dry out your cookies. You may need to experiment with the temp a bit as each oven differs.
Recently, a very close family friend passed away. She was 97 years old. When I went to visit her in the hospital I asked if there was anything she wanted. Her only request was for 'real' banana pudding like her mother made. That meant everything from scratch including the cookies that are used for layering. So, for this recipe you will need to make a couple dozen vanilla sugar cookies. (day old cookies work better than fresh). The recipe for sugar cookies is on this site but to make it easier, I pasted the sugar cookie recipe at the bottom of this page.
The ingredients you will need for this recipe :
A dozen or so vanilla sugar cookies
5 or 6 bananas ( sliced)
1 3/4 cups sugar
3 cups of whole milk
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter
Preheat oven to 325
You will first make the custard, then you will layer the custard, cookies and bananas in a baking dish. Then you will make a merengue and spread that on top of the pudding and bake the entire pudding until the merengue is done.
To make the Custard:
Separate the 4 eggs. Lightly beat the egg yolks and combine them with the 3 cups of milk. Lightly whisk the egg yolks and milk together.
In a sauce pan combine 1/ 1/2 cups of sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, 1/8 teaspoon of salt. Whisk the dry ingredients together until smooth. Add the egg and milk mixture to the dry ingredients. Whisk together. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat stirring constantly with whisk. Once it has thickened, remove from heat and stir in 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
In a 2 or 3 quart baking dish
Make a layer of the sugar cookies on the bottom and sides of dish. Then add a layer of bananas over the cookies then pour a layer of the custard mixture over the cookies and bananas. Repeat layering 2 to three times. Set aside.
To make the Merengue:
Combine together the 4 egg whites and the 1/4 teaspoon cream of tarter. Whip on high speed until it begins to foam. Once it begins to foam add 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue to whip until eggs whites form stiff peaks.
Spoon the merengue gently on top of pudding, spreading and shaping as you go.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the merengue is golden brown.
100 year old Amish sugar cookie recipe
1 pound butter
3 cups sugar
4 well beaten eggs
8 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
4 tsp baking powder
2 cups heavy cream
1 tbsn vanilla
Cream together butter,sugar,eggs and vanilla. Then add your cream slowly. Then add all other ingredients. Roll out dough to about 1/2 inch thick and cut desired shape. Bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Do not over bake as this will dry out your cookies. You may need to experiment with the temp a bit as each oven differs.
