CREAMY DREAMY BANANA PUDDING

Steps:

• 1. Separate eggs putting the whites in a mixing bowl and the yolks in a small bowl.
• 2. In a sauce pan add flour, sugar, salt. Stir with a whisk until well combined.
• 3. Whisk the egg yolks until smooth. Pour 2 cups of milk in a measuring cup. Add yolks and mix until smooth.
• 4. Pour 1/3 cup of milk mixture into sauce pan of flour mixture. Stir until smooth. Turn heat on to medium low and add the rest of the milk mixture. With a whisk stir constantly until pudding gets thick about 15 minutes. when you start seeing large bubbles stir 1 more minute.
• 5. Remove from heat and add butter, vanilla, and banana extract. Stir until well combined. Slice your bananas thinly.
• 6. In a oven proof dish arrange cookies in a single layer on the bottom and sides of dish. Layer 1/2 of the banana slices on top of cookies.
• 7. Pour Pudding over bananas.
• 8. Top with bananas and then cookies.
• 9. For meringue: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 10. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add sugar slowly until stiff peaks form.
• 11. This is the texture you are looking for.
• 12. Spread meringue evenly over cookies. Bake for 12 minutes.
• 13. Remove from oven and allow pudding to cool. This is best served warm. You can reheat leftover pudding in the microwave...that is if you have any left.