WONDERFUL WAY TO PREPARE BANANA PUDDING
INGREDIENTS:
1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese, softened to room temp.
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (5 oz.) package Instant vanilla pudding mix (larger box)
3 cups milk (2 % or higher)
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (8 oz) tub whipped topping (COOL WHIP), thawed
1 (11 oz.) box Nilla wafers
5-7 bananas, peeled and sliced
DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy.
Add in sweetened condensed milk, pudding mix, and milk.
And vanilla extract and stir well (see Cookâs Note below).
Cookâs Note: Keep your mixer on low speed at first so the milk doesnât fly everywhere. If you are using a stand mixer, make sure you get in there with a rubber spatula and scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to make sure everything is getting incorporated. That cream cheese likes to stay on the bottom of the bowl. Also, I find that the pudding can sometimes become a bit lumpy (especially if my cream cheese isnât soft enough). If this happens to you, just keep mixing until most of the lumps are gone. The mixture will also begin to thicken too. After a few minutes of constant mixing, it will smooth out. Finally, stir in half of the whipped topping …