Step 1

In a saucepan, mix together sugar, flour, eggs and 2 cups of milk. Mix until it’s smooth with no clumps of flour. I like to use a whisk for this but Mama uses a spoon most of the time.

Step 2

Then add another 2 cups of milk, the melted butter, and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth.

Step 3

Cook on medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. This will take probably 15-20 minutes. Once it’s thickened, remove the pan from heat and let the pudding mixture rest for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Line a 9x13 baking dish with vanilla wafers (prop some up on the sides too), then top with sliced bananas (about ¼ inch thick). Pour the warm homemade vanilla pudding over the cookies and bananas and cover the top with sliced bananas.

Step 5

Finally top the dish with more vanilla wafers. Mama usually uses whole vanilla wafers but if you have a box with a bunch of broken ones in the bottom, crumble them up and top the whole thing with crushed cookies! Either way it'll be delicious!

Step 6

Allow it to sit and thicken at room temp for up to an hour.  Serve warm or chill for 3-4 hours (or overnight) to serve cold.