As children in the early 1960s, we enjoyed our mother’s banana pudding made with vanilla wafers and topped with meringue. It was a special weekend treat that also found its way to each annual family reunion held outside at a local state park.
BANANA PUDDING
Ingredients: Large package vanilla pudding & pie filling mix, 3 beaten egg yolks, 3 ½ cups milk, box of vanilla wafers, 2 large bananas sliced, 3 egg whites, 1/3 cup sugar, pinch of salt.
Directions:
Mix pudding, egg yolks, and milk in saucepan. Bring to a full boil over medium heat, stirring fairly constantly, and then remove from heat and let cool for 15 minutes. Place in refrigerator to chill for at least an hour. Beat with egg beater or low speed on mixer until smooth. In 2 quart baking dish, place layer of vanilla wafers. Cover with layer of banana slices. Spread a layer of pudding. Use this same sequence to make several layers, but finish with the pudding on top.
Meringue: Beat egg whites and salt until foamy. Add sugar one tablespoon at a time, beating after each tablespoon. Continue beating until mixture forms stiff peaks. Pile meringue onto the pudding. Bake at 425 degrees for 5 – 10 minutes until meringue is a delicate brown. Delicious warm or chilled.
1960 Highlights
Population of United States is over179,000,000
Khrushchev is premier of USSR
Castro rules Cuba
In November, John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon for U.S. President
Pioneer 5 launched in orbit between earth and Venus
USSR launches Sputnik 5 with two dogs & both return safely to earth
First laser patent
Birth control pill comes on market
Lady Chatterley’s Lover published
Homo Habilis discovered by Mary Leakey
Elvis Presley discharged from U.S. Army
Beatles’ first public performance
Chubby Checker’s The Twist
Loretta Lynn’s Honky Tonk Girl
Jimi Hendrix plays first gig
Millionaire tv show ends
Football franchises for Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings announced
Ted Williams hits 500th home run
Last radio soap operas cancelled
First civil rights sit in at Woolworth’s in North Carolina
Civil Rights bill passes
Ben Hur and Charlton Heston win Academy Award
Cheers & Happy Reading!
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Banana pudding was my favorite dessert as a child too! Your recipe sounds delicious, but it can’t compare to my brother’s. He makes the pudding from scratch, NOT from a mix. Thanks for a trip back to the past, even though you made me crave banana pudding.
Sandy, the from scratch kind of banana pudding your brother makes has to be utterly delicious. I’ve never made banana pudding from scratch. I’ll have to use a from scratch recipe for a blog post some time in the future! Thanks for stopping by.