Hello Audra,
Thank you for both the recipe and the reply. I made the Banana Pudding you gave us with a few modifications I’ve picked up over the years; paying special attention to the underlying chemistry or alchemy of building a (cream or) pudding–the ingredient ratios were perfect. I think, in future, I will attempt to double the (cream or) pudding and will most definitely double the Nilla wafer recipe. I was unable to achieve the 4 dz. yield mentioned above and I made an effort to keeping them about 1″ across, granted, I am not a factory spitting out perfectly shaped Nillas; so, of course, some of them were slightly larger but I still baked only 30+ Nillas at most.

In spite of yields, the friends I prepared the pudding for enjoyed it very much and in the end, that is what truly matters. It was a first effort with this recipe combination and I cannot thank you enough for posting, making the necessary modifications (i.e., real pudding and increasing yields), testing both recipes and photographing your results and then talking to us about your adventures. Grateful on the West Coast!

The recipe yields about 4 dozen cookies

Without going into too much detail as to why I am scouring online versions of Banana Pudding recipes, I thank you for posting this unique version with homemade pudding (what else would one do, really) from the Magnolia Bakery (shocked to hear they do not make it from scratch, tsk, tsk), and these real little Nillas, as well. I mean what a treat after nearly thirty years of making this dessert to find a means of enhancing what has always been a beloved dish among family and friends.

I do have one question though. How many Nilla wafers does this recipe make if one holds to the 1 in. recommendation per cookie? I am guessing this recipe makes a sufficient number of wafers for your increased volume (1.5) of the original Magnolia Bakery recipe, In other words, the Nilla wafer recipe here is sufficient for the recipe on your site, i.e., 3/4 cp + 3T sugar; instead of the 1/2 cp. sugar + 2T on the MB site right? I am sure I have no need of saying this but it is usual and customary to inform your audience/readers the yield they should expect from the recipe you have written, or in this case, posted.

Thanks again for this recipe, I look forward to having it in my collection again.