Deep-Dish Layered Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• 1 lb bananas sliced
• 0.3 cup brown sugar packed
• 3 Tbsp butter melted
• 8 oz philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 0.3 cup granulated sugar 
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon 
• 6.8 oz jell-o vanilla flavor pudding instant
• 2 cups milk cold
• 0.5 cup planters pecans chopped
• 46  vanilla wafers divided
• 8 oz cool whip whipped topping divided thawed

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven
• whisk
• blender

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Crush 30 wafers; mix with next 4 ingredients.
3. Spread onto bottom of rimmed baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray.
4. Bake 8 to 10 min. or until golden brown, stirring after 5 min. Cool.
5. Beat pudding mixes and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP.
6. Layer 1/3 of the crumb mixture and half each of the bananas and pudding in 2-qt. bowl; repeat layers.
7. Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the remaining COOL WHIP; spread over top of dessert, sealing to edge of bowl.
8. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Refrigerate 3 hours.
9. Serve topped with remaining COOL WHIP and whole wafers.