Easy Banana Pudding

By southerngrace

Ingredients

• 1 large box instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 8 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
• 1 box vanilla wafers
• 3 bananas, super-ripe but not brown, peeled and sliced

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium bowl, prepare the pudding as instructed on its box. Beat in the cinnamon and sour cream, making sure to blend well. Fold in the Cool Whip just until no white streaks are present.
In the bottom of a trifle bowl or other serving dish, put down a layer of vanilla wafers. Top with about a fourth of the pudding mixture and a layer containing half of the sliced bananas. Top this with another fourth of the pudding. The next additions will be a layer of cookies, a layer of pudding, the rest of the bananas, and the rest of the pudding. For decorative purposes, adorn the pudding with more wafers in an aesthetically-pleasing manner.

IMPORTANT FINAL STEP: Refrigerate at least 8 hours; however, note that this gets better the longer it sits.