Foryoueats: Caramelized Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• Caramelized Bananas:
• 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp; 56g) unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup (100g) packed light or dark brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 5 large semi-ripe bananas, sliced into 1/4 inch slices (about 4 heaping cups)*
• Pudding & Assembly:
• 2 and 1/4 cups (540ml) whole milk*
• 1/2 cup(120ml)heavy cream*
• 3/4 cup (150g) granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoonsalt
• 4largeegg yolks
• 1/4 cup(30g)cornstarch
• 1and 1/2 teaspoonspure vanilla extract
• 3 Tablespoons (43g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
• about 50 vanilla wafer cookies (such as Nilla Wafers; one 11 ounce box is enough)*
• Cinnamon Whipped Cream & Optional Garnish:
• 1 and 1/2 cups (360ml) heavy cream*
• 1/4 cup (30g) confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• optional garnish: quartered banana slices and/or crumbled vanilla wafer cookies