• prep: 15 min
• cook: 20 min
• total: 35 min

servings:

I didn’t see my son, Lance Corporal Eric Harris, for more than two years after he enlisted in the Marines after high school. And when I saw him for the first time at the airport last fall, I just grabbed hold of him and busted out crying. When we got home, the first thing he ate was two bowls of my easy banana pudding. He’s a true southern boy! It’s a dessert, but you can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner. —Stephanie Harris, Montpelier, Virginia

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups 2% milk
• 3 large eggs
• 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 ounces vanilla wafers (about 60 cookies), divided
• 4 large ripe bananas, cut into 1/4-inch slices

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