Mmm Mmm Banana Pudding Pie

I was looking for a quick dessert to make out of whatever I had lying around in the kitchen last Sunday, when I came across a few old family recipes that I tried to cobble together. The boys finished it in one sitting, so I guess that's a good sign! I've also added it to my recipe box on www.tastebook.com. Definitely worth a look if you haven't seen it yet!

1.5 C vanilla wafers

1/2 C macadamia nuts

1/2 tsp salt

3Tbsp melted butter

1 large, ripe banana

1 large box of french vanilla instant pudding

2 C milk

Instructions: Preheat overn to 350. Crush vanilla wafers in food processor, along with macadamia nuts. Add salt. Add melted butter until all crumbs are moistened. Press into ungreased pie pan. (I use the bottom side of my measuring cup for this.) Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown. Let cool.

Make pudding according to instructions on box. (Yes, you could make actual stovetop pudding, but then it takes longer to cool before you can eat it!)

When crust has cooled, put banana slices in the bottom. Pour prepared pudding mixture over top of the banana slices, and smooth around to your liking. Let sit at least 30 minutes, if you can ignore the aroma for that long!

Enjoy!

Also, while google searching for existing recipes like this, I ran across this dress named the "pudding pie" dress by Lulu's via http://www.thegloss.com/. Love it. I am already in the process of deconstructing it in my head to figure out how it is made. Coming soon!