Drum Roll Please.....

I think since I began this foray into magazine cooking, Taylor has made it known that there are plenty of dessert recipes to be tried.  I have a lot of pages marked by the kids that include cookies, cakes, pies....  They seemed to be telling me something.  The opportunity presented itself to make a dessert when my folks came up to visit.  They landed in New England ON my dad's birthday and my dad loves banana pudding...AND I just so happened to have a magazine recipe for banana pudding.  Congratulations Taylor and Ryan...Mama's making a magazine dessert!

Who Knew Pudding Would Cause This?

Let me start off with saying, I had no idea how involved it was to make homemade pudding.  Wow. Those folks who make instant pudding had the right idea.  Smart.  It was a fairly adventurous first dessert to make.   As seen by my kitchen here. (Please note the wine bottle)

I have to say, I was pretty proud about how it turned out.  If you love bananas, pudding, and a little blood, sweat, and tears...this is the dessert for you!  I will also add, I forgot to take the picture of the finished product.  People were singing 'Happy Birthday' and candles were lit and I just hated to stop everyone to take the picture. I did see the pudding in the background in one of Taylor's cell phone pictures. I tried to zoom in to get some sort of picture of my pudding masterpiece....I'll add it, it's not exactly a good quality shot.  AND, I forgot to do the whipped cream...Oh well.  The pudding was gone by day 2 and I personally enjoyed it.  But, it goes in the category of "only on special occasions".

Bananas After They Roasted

The Ingredients

Far-Off Cell Phone Photo

Only Semi-Finished Picture

Cook's Country Banana Pudding  Aug/Sept 2010