"Not Yo" Mamma's Bananna Pudding by Paul Dean

Came across this bananna pudding desert on one of the blogs i read. It looked so easy and there were over 1,700 comments saying how good it was. Having company tonight for homemade lasagna so i thought i whip it up for desert.  Can't go wrong with one of Paula Dean's creations.

A new twist on an old favorite. This banana pudding is delicious and pretty too!
Ingredients:

1 12-ounce container frozen whipped topping thawed, or equal amount sweetened whip

1 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk

1 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened

2 cup milk

1 5-ounce box instant French vanilla pudding

6-8 bananas, sliced

2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies
Directions
Line the bottom of a 13x9x2-inch dish with 1 bag of cookies and layer bananas on top.

In a bowl, combine the milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer. Using another bowl, combine the cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth. Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture. Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended. Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies. Refrigerate until ready to serve.



Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Servings: 12 servings

Prep Time: 30 min

Cook Time:

Difficulty: Easy
Show: Paula's Home Cooking/Just Desserts cookbook/Mar/Apr 2006 issue

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I took my first road trip in over 30 years. Meaning the longest distance I've traveled by car has been 8 hours or less. Working for the airline we have done all of our traveling by air. We didn't want to have to rent a car for a month so we decided to change it up a bit and drive.  We had a cooler packed full of good food and drinks, lots of magazines to read, and the best traveling partner ever, my main man. Surprisingly it went alot faster than I had anticipated, doing most of the driving kept me occupied, but my traveling companion charlie is what really made the trip perfect! He can make me laugh at almost anything. here now and taking in all the midwest has to offer. The weather has been great, some rain here and there, but nice cool days so far.  First task Charlie took on was get the grass cut. Sure looks good. bad part, gonna have to cut it again in about 5 days.  Fields have been planted already by the farmer, growing beans this year, and they've just broke through.