Community Pick
Vanilla Pudding
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- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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5
ingredients
directions
- In medium double boiler, cook sugar, cornstarch, milk and salt. When mixture begins to thicken, add part of mixture to egg yolks; mix well, then pour egg mixture back into mixture in double boiler.
- Cook until thick; take off stove, then add butter and vanilla.
- You can use as pudding and top with Cool Whip or use pudding with bananas for banana pudding You can also add 2 unsweetened chocolate squares at the beginning and make a chocolate pie or pudding.
- For butterscotch pie or pudding, use 3/4 cup light brown sugar firmly packed and 1/4 cup sugar instead of 3/4 cup sugar, then cook as directed.
- You can also make a banana plate pie with the vanilla mixture, just cook as directed.
- In baked pie shell, line bottom with bananas; pour a layer of pudding, then a layer of ba nanas, then pudding.
- You can top with Cool Whip or meringue.
Questions & Replies
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Can I just follow the instructions and do it in the microwave instead? -
I made this pudding today and it never set or thickened. It's still soupy. I refrigerated and covered it. Any ideas?
Reviews
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I use this for all my pudding recipes from banana to chocolate. I triple the recipe. For chocolate add either one melted oz of bittersweet chocolate or 3tblspn of cocoa blended with 3 tblspn of melted butter. For coconut add 1/2 cup of toasted coconut and exchange 1/2 the vanilla for almond extract. For banana simply use and layer bananas, vanilla wafers, and pudding. -
I made this pudding last night on a whim. Based on suggestions from other reviews, I only used a scant 1/2 C of sugar and 1/4 tsp salt. All dry ingredients were shifted into the milk to prevent lumps. The pudding was still quite sweet because of the natural sugars in the milk, but just right for our taste. I also used unsalted butter to ensure no unnecessary salt was added. I made the rest of the recipe as instructed, but in a normal saucepan, not a double broiler. This makes 4 full custard dishes (4 servings) of pudding. I topped each dish with ripe, diced strawberries. It was a hit! This will be going into my recipe box, for sure.
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I always come back to this recipe (just the basic vanilla version) as it's just a solid pudding recipe. I've started using only 1/2 cup sugar and that is perfect for us. I don't use a double boiler - just a sauce pan. I let the mixture come almost to a boil before adding the tempered egg mixture. Then let it come to a boil again. Consistency is perfectly thick for my tastes. Sometimes I only have two egg yolks, and it hasn't hurt the outcome. Thanks for a great recipe! -
What a great base recipe!!! After the first batch which was very nice but a bit sweet and salty for us we tried 1/2 cup sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt. We also tried two whole eggs to cut down on food waste. This version was as delicious as the first and we liked not wasting anything as we did not need the meringue. Many thanks for great portions and a very easy recipe both to make and to alter. And thats what makes cooking such fun!! -
I followed the recipe exactly and this is the best Vanilla pudding I have ever had, I would not change a thing!
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Tweaks
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Half cup of sugar.
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Half a cup of sugar and substituting equal parts (sustainable) coconut oil for the butter really did the trick for me. Comfy and slightly exotic!
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It was really sweet. Maybe use less sugar. -
Just added a little fresh nutmeg on the top.
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Added peanut butter
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