Great-Grandma's Banana Pudding

Because my great-grandmother is 100 years old and gets confused about time periods, she does not know where she found the recipe. She just has it memorized. When her daughter got married, her daughter (my father's mother) received the recipe as a wedding gift. When my great-grandmother went into the nursing home I knew that in order to keep the tradition of the banana pudding on the holidays alive, I would need the recipe. I got the recipe from her.

Ingredients

• 4 Eggs
• 2 Cups Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Flour
• 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla
• 4 Tbsp. Oleo
• 1 large can evaporate milk
• 4 to 6 Bananas
• 1 large box vanilla wafers

Directions

1. Mix together the sugar and flour. Once mixed set aside.
   

2. Dump the can of evaporated milk into a measuring cup and add enough water to make the measuring cup reach 4 cups of liquid. 
3. Mix the evaporated milk and water together. Once mixed set aside.
4. In a large bowl, beat eggs until frothy.
5. Add the sugar-flour mixture and evaporated milk-water mixture to the bowl with the eggs. 
6. Blend well.
7. Dump the mixture into a skillet.
8. Cook over low heat, on the stovetop, stirring constantly until it boils. 
9. Once it is at a low boil, add in vanilla and oleo. 
10. Mix until vanilla and oleo are melted and the mixture is a semi-solid consistency and creamy in texture.
    
11. Remove from heat.
12. Cut the banana into slices.
    
13. Layer the serving bowl with vanilla wafers to your liking.
14. Then add some of the sliced bananas on top to your liking.
15. Lastly, add some of the pudding on top to your liking
16. Repeat steps 13-15 until you run out of pudding. 
17. Decorate with extra banana slices and vanilla wafers.

Source — Great-Grandma Lois Hood
Prepared by her great-grandaughter Ashly Morgan
Louisiana Anthology
January 5, 2022