A Real Southern Treat

There is one thing I always start to crave around this time every year...Banana Pudding! Hands down, it has to be one of my all-time favorite desserts, with the exception of chocolate cake, of course, and coconut cream pie. Now, I've tried making banana pudding every which way, but I keep coming back to the way my mom used to make it. It's so simple that you don't even have to follow a recipe! Can't beat that, huh? So, being that I consider y'all 'friends', I thought I'd share with you how I make banana pudding...the easy peasy way!

First of all, I take a box (3.4 oz.) of Jello INSTANT vanilla flavored pudding mix and put it in a large mixing bowl with 2 cups of cold milk. I whisk it together, per package directions, for 2 minutes.

To that, I add one 16 0z. container of Lite Cool Whip.

I fold it all in, mixing well.

Next, I take 3-4 sliced bananas and add them to the pudding mixture, stirring well.

I line my serving bowl with vanilla wafers on the bottom and up the sides. Then, I spoon in the banana pudding. I take a handful of crushed vanilla wafers and sprinkle them on top.

Let me tell you, it's good ol' Southern yumminess at it's best! Take one bite and you'll be begging for more!

It's supposed to reach 80 degrees here today and tomorrow...I'm so excited! Hope it's warm and sunny where you are, too!