NOT YOUR NANA'S BANANA PUDDING

Not Your Nana's Banana Pudding image

Provided by Kathy Kirkland @AlwaysKat

Number Of Ingredients 11

46 - vanilla wafers
3 tablespoon(s) butter, melted
1/2 cup(s) pecans, chopped
1/3 cup(s) brown sugar
1 teaspoon(s) cinnamon, ground
2 package(s) 3.4 ounce instant vanilla pudding
2 cup(s) milk
8 ounce(s) cool whip, thawed
4 pound(s) bananas, sliced
1 package(s) 8 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup(s) sugar

Steps:

HEAT oven to 350ºF.
CRUSH 30 wafers; mix with next 4 ingredients. Spread onto bottom of 15x10x1-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 5 min.; stir. Bake 3 to 5 min. or until golden brown; cool.
BEAT pudding mixes and milk with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP.
LAYER 1/3 of the crumb mixture and half each of the bananas and pudding in 2-qt. serving bowl; repeat. Beat cream cheese and granulated sugar in medium bowl with mixer until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the remaining COOL WHIP; spread over top of dessert, sealing to edge of bowl. Sprinkle with remaining crumb mixture. Refrigerate 3 hours.
TOP each serving with remaining COOL WHIP and whole wafers just before serving.
**Substitute vanilla pudding with JELL-O Cheesecake Flavor Instant Pudding if desired.