Banana Pudding

This recipe is straight off the Nilla Wafers box, but to me, it is by far the best one I've found. I'm kind of a snob about my banana pudding and don't like recipes that use instant pudding mix or Cool Whip. And this is easy and delicious!


Banana Pudding:

1/3 cup flour

dash salt

3/4 cup sugar, divided

3 eggs, separated

2 cups milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

2 cups milk

45 Nilla Wafers, divided

5 bananas, sliced


*Sorry this is showing up so funky! I can't seem to fix it!

HEAT oven to 350°F.

MIX 1/2 cup sugar, flour and salt in top of double boiler. Blend in 3 egg yolks and milk. Cook, uncovered, over boiling water 10 to 12 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
RESERVE 12 wafers for garnish. Spread small amount of custard onto bottom of 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover with layers of 1/3 each of the remaining wafers, bananas and remaining custard. Repeat layers 2 times. {I usually only do two layers of the bananas and end with the vanilla wafers on top prior to topping with the meringue.} 
BEAT egg whites on high speed of mixer until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread over custard, sealing well to edge of dish.
BAKE 15 to 20 min. or until lightly browned. Cool slightly. Top with reserved wafers just before serving.

Peach Crisp

I meant to put this recipe on here last summer but never got around to it. It's super easy and so good! The first time I made it, I used fresh peaches, but it was way too labor intensive, so I recommend using the canned peaches it calls for.

(I had a picture but I can't find it now.)

Peach Crisp:

1 (29 oz) can of sliced peaches, drained {I would recommend using two cans}
2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white sugar {I think I do half brown, half white}
1 pinch salt
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup butter, chilled

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Layer the peaches in a 9x13 baking dish. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Slice the butter into chunks and mix it into the dry ingredients until it looks like pea size crumbs {I use my mixer for this}. Sprinkle crumbs over peaches. Bake for 40 minutes or until lightly golden. Serve with vanilla ice cream.


Recipe from allrecipes.com. 

Gran Gran's Brownie Bites

These are really good and really easy, and always a crowd pleaser! This is my grandmother's recipe.

Brownie Bites:

4 squares unsweetened chocolate

2 sticks of butter

1 1/2 cups pecans, chopped

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup flour

4 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

In a double broiler {or saucepan- I use a double broiler because I feel like it's less likely to burn} melt the chocolate and butter. After they are melted, stir in the pecans. {I'm not a fan of nuts in my dessert so I always leave them out.}

In a bowl, sift the flour and stir in sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well blended. Add the chocolate mixture. 

Pour into a {very liberally} greased mini muffin tin {I put the batter in a big measuring cup and pour from that because it's very thin and liquid-y and can be quite messy}. Cook at 325 degrees for 20 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. Makes approx 48.