Banana Pudding

Name: Banana Pudding
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 7 , large bananas, slightly underripe; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces/298 grams), sugar; 8 , large egg yolks; 6 tablespoons (1½ ounces/43 grams), cornstarch; 6 cups, half-and-half; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 3 tablespoon, lemon juice; 1 (12 ounces/340 grams) box, vanilla wafers; 1 cup, heavy cream, chilled; 1 tablespoon, sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2010, Cook's Country TV

Creamy, sweet, cold, and fruity, good banana pudding can't be beat. What a shame it is so rarely good.

SERVES 12

TIME 1¼ hours, plus 8¾ hours chilling

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