Banana Caramel Cream Dessert

Name: Banana Caramel Cream Dessert
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 41 min
Yield: 10-12 serving(s)
Ingredients: vanilla pastry cream ( Vanilla Pastry Cream (low Fat) or Pastry Cream Lite ); 4 bananas; good quality caramel sauce (try Caramel in a Can or dulce de leche); 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream; 3 tablespoons powdered sugar; 10 graham crackers; 1/3 cup butter, melted; 1 tablespoon sugar

Submitted by Ambervim

"Layers with flavor!!!! This is luscious."

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Ready In:: 41mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 10-12

ingredients

vanilla pastry cream (Vanilla Pastry Cream (low Fat) or Pastry Cream Lite)
4 bananas
good quality caramel sauce (try Caramel in a Can or dulce de leche)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups heavy whipping cream
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
Graham Cracker crumble
10 graham crackers
¹⁄₃ cup butter, melted
1 tablespoon sugar

directions

Graham Cracker Crumble: Crush crackers in a large ziplock type bag. Pour crumbs, sugar and melted butter into a bowl and , stir until fully combined. Pour into a 9"x13" casserole dish and press into a even layer. Bake at 350*F for 10-12 minutes, until light brown. Allow to cool.
Whip the cream and add the powdered sugar.
Make your vanilla pastry cream.
Make your caramel sauce or get it out of a jar.
Slice the bananas.
Assembly ----.
Spoon about 2 tablespoons graham cracker crumble into individual serving dishes. Use a small glass to press the crumble into a firm layer.
Add a layer of pastry cream into each dish. For easy assembly, fill a large ziplock type bag with the pastry cream, snip off the end and fill the dishes from this bag.
Add a few slices of banana.
Top bananas with a layer of whipped cream.
Add some graham cracker crumble and a drizzle of caramel (scoop caramel or dulce de leche into a small ziplock bag and snip off the end for easy application).
Repeat layers 2-5.
Serve immediately or refrigerate up to 3 hours. Top with a slice of fresh banana just before serving.
Options: add nuts.
Serving Option: Make as 1 big trifle.
Easy Options: Use prepared pudding mix in place of the pastry cream, or cool whip in place of the whipped cream, feel free, but I can not attest to the results.