Creamy Layered Banana-blueberry Dessert

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups full-fat milk milk
• 2 cups half-and-half cream (or use 3 cups milk and 1 cup half and half)
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1 -2 teaspoon banana extract (or use 1 tablespoon vanilla)
• 1 (12 ounce) box vanilla wafers (do not crush!)
• 4 large ripe bananas, sliced
• 3 cups frozen blueberries (divided into 1-1/2 cups)
• 2 cups whipping cream, unwhipped
• 1/3 cup powdered sugar (or use cool whip frozen topping, thawed omitting the powdered sugar)

Recipe

• 1 prepare a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish.
• 2 in a microwave-safe bowl whisk milk with egg yolks, 1-1/2 cups sugar, and flour, microwave until thickened, removing and whisking a couple of times during cooking.
• 3 stir in butter and banana extract or vanilla until combined; let cool for 10 minutes (this can also be cooked on top of stove in a heavy-bottomed saucepan).
• 4 meanwhile arrange half of the wafer cookies evenly into the bopttom of the baking dish, then top with half of the banana slices and then half of the blueberries.
• 5 spoon half of the cooked pudding mixture over the berries.
• 6 repeat layers.
• 7 cover and refrigerate for 4 hours.
• 8 in a bowl beat the 2 cups whipping cream until just slightly thickened, then add in powdered sugar and beat until soft peaks form.
• 9 spread over the chilled pudding.
• 10 chill until ready to serve or serve immediately.
• 11 delicious!