Banana Pudding Cheesecake

Banana Pudding Cheesecake has a Vanilla Wafer crust and a creamy banana willing flavored with fresh bananas and brown sugar. Makes a showstopper dessert.

This creamy dessert flavored with fresh banana is a combination of two of my favorite desserts- cheesecake and banana pudding. I’m a huge fan of banana pudding anything and everything. In the past I’ve made Banana Pudding Pancakes, Banana Pudding Bars, Banana Pudding Cupcakes, Banana Pudding Cake, and Banana Pudding Ice Cream.

Ingredients
1 1/2 cups finely crushed vanilla wafers
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/4 cup Challenge butter , melted
17 vanilla wafers
2 ripe bananas, diced
1 ripe banana, mashed
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2-3 tablespoons light brown sugar
3 (8-ounce) packages Challenge cream cheese , softened
1 cup granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
whipped cream and vanilla wafers for garnish

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, stir together crushed vanilla wafers, chopped pecans, and melted butter. Press into bottom of a greased 9-inch springform pan.
• Stand 17 vanilla wafers around edge of pan with rounded sides facing outward. Press them gently into the crust.
• In a small saucepan, combine bananas (both diced and mashed) and lemon juice. Stir in brown sugar, using 2 tablespoons if your bananas are super ripe and 3 tablespoons if they are medium ripe. Cook over medium heat until brown sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
• For full instructions please see : spicysouthernkitchen.com

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