I know what you’re thinking… cooking pudding from scratch MUST be hard! Why would I do all that when I don’t have to? Short answer… it just TASTES BETTER! The great thing about recipes… there are SO many different ways to make the same item. Banana pudding is NO different.

My family loves a good, cooked homemade pudding. In this southern-style banana pudding recipe from scratch, we don’t use jello pudding mix and Cool Whip or condensed milk… we grab a saucepan, ingredients and get stirring! Want to learn how to make a banana pudding? It’s actually really simple to make and the flavor is amazing! Most recipes call for sweetened condensed milk, not this one. I never knew to use condensed milk OR jello pudding for that matter. I always felt like that was DIET pudding. But… to each their own. ☺️ I’ll compare some more puddings at a later date but this is my favorite recipe and I stick by it!