Meringue-Topped Southern Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• 2 large bananas sliced
• 1 dash cream of tartar 
• 3  eggs separated
• 4.5 cups milk 
• 0.3 cup sugar 
• 6 oz jell-o vanilla flavor cook & serve pudding 
• 42  vanilla wafers ()

Equipment

• bowl
• sauce pan
• oven
• whisk
• blender
• baking pan

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Beat pudding mixes and milk in medium saucepan with whisk until blended. Beat egg yolks in small bowl until blended. Gradually stir into milk mixture. Bring to full rolling boil on medium heat, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Arrange layer of wafers on bottom and up side of 2-qt. baking dish. Top with layers of 1/3 of the pudding and half the banana slices. Repeat layers; cover with remaining pudding.
5. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in medium bowl with mixer on high speed until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.
6. Spread over pudding, sealing to edge of dish.
7. Bake 15 min. or until meringue is browned. Cool.