Banana Pudding

Steve's Aunt Belle brought us some Banana Pudding with a tasty Mexican Casserole....ever since I have been craving Banana Pudding.

Here is Belle's Banana Pudding recipe:
2 1/2 c. milk
1 large pkg. Banana Instant Pudding
30 vanilla wafers, broken into bite size pieces
3 bananas, sliced
8 oz. whipped topping
Beat together the milk and pudding for 2 minutes.  Let stand for 5 minutes and then refrigerate for 1 hour or  until you are ready to serve it. At serving time stir in the wafer pieces, bananas and whipped topping. 

OR here is another recipe I recently found that you don't need a box of pudding to make it. 

Banana Pudding
2 c. half & half milk
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. flour
1/2 t. salt
3 egg yolks
2 T. butter, room temperature
2 T. vanilla
2 egg whites
1/4 t. cream of tartar
1/2 t. vanilla
1/4 c. powdered sugar
44 vanilla wafers
3 bananas, sliced
Pudding:  Place milk & sugar in top of double boiler over simmering water.  Whisk in flour and salt and simmer 2 minutes.  Remove from heat.  Place egg yolks in a separate bowl.  Gradually add half of the hot mixture to the eggs, while stirring constantly.  Then stir this mixture back into remaining hot mixture and place back over the simmering water.  Cook whisking constantly, until mixture thickens, about 10 minutes.  Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.  Set aside.
Meringue:  Beat egg whites about 1 minute.  Add the cream of tartar, vanilla and powdered sugar.  Beat until stiff peaks form. 
Assemble:  cover the bottom of a 9x9 baking dish with half the wafers.  Top with half the banana slices and half the pudding.  Make a second layer, ending with pudding.  Spread meringue over entire pan to cover the pudding.  Place in oven at 350 for 15 minutes until golden brown on top.