Coconut Banana Pie in a Jar
Easy desserts are the best and often times delicious. This recipe uses a modified corn starch like Ultra Gel to thicken the milk. If wanting to make chocolate pudding, add 1/2 cup cocoa powder to the recipe.
Ingredients
1/2 cup Ultra Gel
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
2 cups milk
1/2 tsp coconut extract
1/2 tsp almond extract
1 tsp banana extract
3 drops yellow food coloring
1 banana, peeled and sliced
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
Instructions
1
In a large bowl, whisk the Ultra Gel, sugar and salt together until fully blended.
2
Add the milk, extracts and food coloring to the bowl with the Ultra Gel mixture. Whisk the milk mixture for 1 minute to help thicken the pudding. Cover with plastic wrap and let the pudding sit for 15-20 minutes to let it thicken.
3
To assemble the coconut banana pie in a jar, using a pint size jar, spoon vanilla pudding into the bottom followed by 3-4 banana slices, whipped cream more pudding, banana slices and finis off with whipped cream and some banana slices. If desired, refrigerate for a couple of hours before serving but replace the top bananas with fresh banana slices making sure they haven’t turned brown. Enjoy!
4
If desired, use regular pudding just make sure it’s cooled before assembling.
what is ultra gel and where can I buy it?…thinking it needs a little crunch..(that’s just me)..like a good crushed cookie of some sort on the bottom….