Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups milk (whole or 2%)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 T butter (not margarine)
4 egg yolks
4 ripe bananas 4-5
Box vanilla wafers
5 T sugar
1/4 tsp cream of tarter
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Preparation
Combine sugar, flour and salt in a bowl. Mash out lumps. In saucepan, beat the yolks well. Over medium heat, add flour mixture alternately with the milk and vanilla. stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil. When mixture begins to thicken add butter. Keep boiling and stirring until reaches pudding consistency. Layer in a 9x9 baking dish, vanilla wafers, bananas, pudding (I make 2 layers of each). Beat egg whites to soft peaks. Add cream of tartar, gradually add sugar 1 T at a time until stiff peaks form. Fold in vanilla. Spread meringue on pudding. Bake 12-15 mites in preheated 375* oven.