scrumptiously simple

this is my favorite banana pudding recipe... it's "not yo mama's banana pudding" by Paula Dean and it is heaven in a bowl!!

Ingredients

2 bags Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookies (I use vanilla wafers--1 box)

6-8 bananas, sliced (slice as you use them so you'll know how many you need!)

2 cups milk

1 (5 oz.) box instant French vanilla pudding

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, softened

1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (12 oz.) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Directions

Line the bottom of a 13 x 9 x 2 dish with cookies and layer bananas on top.

In a bowl, combine milk and pudding mix and blend well using a handheld electric mixer.

Using another bowl, combine cream cheese and condensed milk together and mix until smooth.

Fold the whipped topping into the cream cheese mixture.

Add the cream cheese mixture to the pudding mixture and stir until well blended.

Pour the mixture over the cookies and bananas and cover with the remaining cookies.

Refrigerate until ready to serve.