Ultimate Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• 3 cups unsweetened almond milk
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• ½ cup cane sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 38 vanilla wafer cookies, 6 coarsely crushed
• 4 ripe DOLE^® Bananas, thinly sliced

Directions

1. Whisk ¾ cup almond milk and cornstarch in a medium bowl. Whisk sugar and remaining 2¼ cups almond milk in a medium saucepan; heat to a simmer over medium-high heat. Whisk cornstarch mixture into sugar mixture; cook 2 minutes or until thickened, whisking constantly. Remove from heat; whisk in vanilla extract. Transfer pudding to a medium bowl; cover and refrigerate 2 hours. Makes about 3 cups.
2. Spread 1 cup pudding in the bottom of an 8-inch square baking dish; top with 16 whole cookies, flat side down, and half the bananas. Repeat layers; top with remaining 1 cup pudding and 6 crushed cookies. Cover pudding with plastic wrap; refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving. Makes about 6 cups.