Banana pudding improvements?

[Matthew.Taylor]

So we had family game night tonight. Went pretty well, and I brought some banana pudding. Nothing fancy, instant pudding, Nilla wafers (trier to make them from scratch, but it didn’t go too well.), banana slices and a baked meringue topping. Tasted great! But I would like to kick it up a notch in the future. Any thoughts?

[AAQuesada]

Nilla wafers have already been perfected, just buy them. Then focus on the pudding part, that's the part where you can make a big improvement with minimal effort. Stella Parks is a good place to start for Classic Americana I know she has a recipe in her book Bravetart but here is a recipe of hers I found online

 

https://www.seriouseats.com/warm-and-creamy-banana-pudding

 

Another option is to steal the filling from Christina Tossi of Momofuku Milk Bar fame. 

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