Banana-Blueberry Pudding Bars
Recipe: #20384
July 29, 2015
Categories: Desserts, Cookies, Banana, Blueberry, Baby Shower, Birthday, Brunch, Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Easter, Fathers Day, Game/Sports Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Mothers Day, Picnic, Thanksgiving, No Eggs, Vegetarian, Bars, Kosher Dairy, more
"These awesome over-the-top blueberry dessert bars have four layers, a pecan pastry crust, a gooey banana pudding, sweet cream cheese layer then a blueberry topping, but to make things easier instead of making the blueberry layer you could just use a can of blueberry pie filling. Chilling time is 4-24 hours"
Ingredients
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- FOR BLUEBERRY LAYER
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Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (332.8 g)
- Calories 857.3
- Total Fat - 44.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 20.3 g
- Cholesterol - 938.4 mg
- Sodium - 265.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 95.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.1 g
- Sugars - 73.1 g
- Protein - 22 g
- Calcium - 338.2 mg
- Iron - 2.8 mg
- Vitamin C - 10.4 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
TO MAKE THE CRUST
Step 1
Mix 1 cup flour, butter and pecans together in a small bowl. Press into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch glass baking dish (I use my hand, since mixture can stick to a spoon). Bake at 350˚F for 15 minutes. Cool completely.
FOR THE PUDDING LAYER
Step 2
Make a paste of the egg yolks, 2 heaping tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup sugar, brown sugar and small amount of the half and half cream in a heavy medium saucepan. In a microwave-safe bowl, heat remaining milk 1 minute. Slowly add milk to the egg mixture and, stirring constantly, cook over medium low heat 10 minutes or until thick (mixture will thicken more as it cools). Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Pour into medium bowl, then press plastic wrap onto the surface of the pudding, to eliminate a skin. Refrigerate till completely cool, about 30 minutes.
FOR THE BLUEBERRY LAYER
Step 3
In a medium saucepan, combine cornstarch and sugar. Add blueberries and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Combine well. Bring mixture to a boil and cook a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool (mixture will thicken more as it cools).
FOR THE CHEESECAKE LAYER
Step 4
In a small chilled bowl, whip cream until very stiff peaks form. In another small bowl, cream together cream cheese and powdered sugar. Fold in whipped cream; set aside.
TO ASSEMBLE THE BARS
Step 5
Spread pudding onto cooled crust. Layer with fresh banana slices that have been tossed in remaining 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Top with cream cheese layer, followed by blueberry sauce.
Step 6
Refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight before serving.
Tips
No special items needed.