Monday, February 18, 2008

Banana pudding

1/2 cup sugar
3 TBS flour
dash of salt
1 egg
3 egg whites and yolks
1/2 tsp vanilla
Nabisco Vanilla Wafers
5 to 6 bananas

1. Combine the 1/2 cup sugar, flour and salt in top of a double boiler. beat in 1 whole egg and 3 egg yolks, stir in milk, cook uncovered, over simmering water stirring constantly until thickened, about 15 minutes remove from heat, stir in vanilla.
2. spread a small amount of the custard on bottom of a 1/2 quart baking dish and cover w/a layer of sliced bananas. Pour about 1/3 of the custard over the bananas and custard to make 3 layers of each, ending with the custard.
3. beat remaining egg whites in a small bowl with electric mixture until foaming white. gradually add remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until mixture forms stiff peaks swirl on top of pudding covering top of surface.
4. bake in hot oven 425 for 5 minutes or until meringue is delicately brown, serve warm or chilled.

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