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Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk (NOT skim)
4 or 5 ripe bananas, sliced thin (cover with plastic wrap or sprinkle with lemon juice to keep them from turning brown)
1 box vanilla wafers
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Butter (not margarine)
4 Egg yolks (Large eggs or better)
Meringue:
4 egg whites, room temperature
5 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375°F. Line the bottom of a 9×9-inch pan with a layer of vanilla wafers.
Combine sugar, flour and salt in a bowl, and mix well. Set aside.
In a heavy saucepan, beat the egg yolks well.
Over medium heat, add the flour mixture to
the egg yolks, alternately with the milk and
vanilla, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle
boil and, when the mixture begins to thicken,
add the butter, continuing to stir. Keep
boiling and stirring until mixture reaches a
nice pudding consistency. Make sure you
don’t scorch the pudding. Remove from heat.
Place a layer of banana slices on top of the
vanilla wafers. Pour half of the pudding over
the banana layer. Put down another layer of
vanilla wafers, another layer of banana
slices, and cover with the remaining
pudding.
Beat the egg whites at high speed until they
form soft peaks. Add the cream of tartar. At
high speed, gradually add the sugar, a
tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff
peaks form. Fold the vanilla into the
meringue, and spread the meringue over the
pudding, sealing it at the sides of the dish.
Bake until meringue browns, 12 to 15
minutes.
