Banana Nilla Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk (whole)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 4 egg yolks, well beaten
• 4-5 ripe bananas, sliced
• Homemade Vanilla Wafers or store bought

Directions

• For The Pudding
• Combine sugar, flour, and cornstarch in a medium mixing bowl. Mix well, and set aside.
• Pour milk into a large saucepan; cook over medium heat until candy thermometer registers 160 degrees. Slowly add, stirring quickly one-fourth of hot milk into yolks; stir into reserved dry ingredients, and add to remaining hot milk.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and coats the spoon.
• Remove from heat, and stir in butter and vanilla.
• Assemble Dessert
• Line the bottom of a round casserole dish with vanilla wafers.
• Arrange half of the banana slices over wafers; top with half of pudding.
• Repeat layers, reserving two or three of the wafers to crumble and sprinkle over the top. Chill thoroughly.