Deep Dish Layered Banana Pudding

By Nicole S

Ingredients

• 46 Nilla Wafers, divided
• 1/2 cup chopped Pecans
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 3 T butter, melted
• 2 pkg. (3.4 oz. each) Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding
• 2 cups cold milk
• 1 tub (8 oz.) Cool Whip Whipped Topping, thawed, divided
• 4 bananas (1 lb.), sliced
• 1 pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 20mins

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 350ºF.

Crush 30 wafers; mix with next 4 ingredients. Spread onto bottom of 15x10x1-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 5 min.; stir. Bake 3 to 5 min. or until golden brown; cool.

Beat pudding mixes and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Stir in 1 cup Cool Whip.

Layer 1/3 of the crumb mixture and half each of the bananas and pudding in 2-qt. serving bowl; repeat. Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the remaining Cool Whip; spread over top of dessert, sealing to edge of bowl. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Refrigerate 3 hours.

Top each serving with remaining Cool Whip and whole wafers just before serving.