5 Amish Recipes to Go Bananas Over

Bananas are an important fruit in the Amish kitchen.  You wouldn't necessarily, historically, think there would be much of a culinary connection between the Amish and bananas, but the fruit is an easy one to export and keeps for long periods, so boxes of bananas have often been a staple in local Amish bulk food stores.  For that reason, bananas have become popular in Amish kitchens.  It's one of the few fruits that can't be grown in typical Amish areas that are popular and purchased, most fruits the Amish eat are homegrown (apples, cherries, grapes, peaches, etc).

And once bananas became popular in Amish kitchens, Amish cooks went to work mashing them and slicing them and putting them into all sorts of yummy dishes, here are five, including Asters choice; Amish Banana Pudding.

???? Banana Pudding Ingredients

• 1 box vanilla wafers
• 4-5 bananas, sliced
• Jello Simply Good banana pudding mix
• 2 cups cold milk
• 16 oz. heavy whipping cream
• ¼-1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

???? Banana Pudding Instructions

1. Cover the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish with vanilla wafers, then layer sliced bananas over the cookies.
2. Prepare pudding according to package directions and spread pudding on top of banana layer. Add another layer of vanilla wafers and another of bananas.
3. Using a hand mixer, mix cream, vanilla, and sugar to taste, together until peaks form.
4. Spread on top of banana layer and top with a couple sliced bananas and a few crumbled wafers. Enjoy!

???? Additional Amish Recipes Using Bananas!

Homemade Banana Muffins

Yum, this may be my favorite Amish banana recipe.

Blueberry Banana Bread

Banana Apple Pecan Bread 

Amish Blueberry Banana Coffee Cake

???? Full Recipe

Homemade Banana Pudding

Nothing is better than sweet banana pudding

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Course Dessert

Cuisine American, Amish

Ingredients

  

• 1 box vanilla wafers
• 4-5 bananas sliced
• Jello Simply Good banana pudding mix
• 2 cups cold milk
• 16 oz. heavy whipping cream
• ¼-1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

 

• Cover the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking dish with vanilla wafers, then layer sliced bananas over the cookies.
• Prepare pudding according to package directions and spread pudding on top of banana layer.
• Add another layer of vanilla wafers and another of bananas.
• Using a hand mixer, mix cream, vanilla, and sugar to taste, together until peaks form.
• Spread on top of banana layer and top with a couple sliced bananas and a few crumbled wafers. Enjoy!

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