Dairy Free Banana Pudding

the classic dessert you love, secretly dairy free—and no one will know!

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Tools:

• Trifle Bowl or 8″x8” dish
• Knives & cutting board

Time:

15 minutes prep, 4 hours refrigerated
4 hours, 15 minutes total

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

– 1 recipe Vanilla Pudding, approximately 2 cups

– approx. 40 Vanilla Wafers

• You can buy dairy free wafers or use this recipe and substitute the butter and milk as noted below. The homemade wafers are significantly better!

– 2 large ripe bananas

Instructions:

1. Place a layer of vanilla wafers on the bottom of the dish.

2. Next place a layer of bananas on top the wafers.

3. Pour a thin layer of pudding over top, enough to just cover the bananas.

4. Use a large spoon to spread it out and get all the cracks filled.

5. Repeat until dish is full or you run out of ingredients. I like to save some vanilla wafers to decorate the dish neatly before serving.

6. Chill for at least 4 hours or overnight.

7. Serve.

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Notes & Details:

My husband asked for this for his birthday. It had been five years and an international move since I’d made it, so I was a bit nervous I could do it again.

For the vanilla pudding, I made it from scratch using this recipe. You can also use the instant jello vanilla mix, just keep in mind this has artificial dyes if you’re avoiding those. It’s a good option if you have an egg allergy in your family.

If you use the instant jello mix, be sure to use Country Crock Plant Cream or your plant cream of choice instead of a milk alternative. The pudding mix doesn’t set well with just milk, but it’s the perfect consistency with a cream.

For the vanilla wafers, I used this recipe and substituted the butter for unsalted Violife butter and Planet Oat oat milk for the milk. These came out excellent!

For the large bowl shown below, I doubled everything including the bananas. It was way too much for our family of 5, we barely put a dent in it! Definitely only make that much if you’re cooking for a crowd.