Grandma’s Banana Pudding + A Peek at the Wedding Festivities! 

The thing I love about RuthAnn is she doesn't care if we see her make a mess or it doesn't come out magazine perfect. She cooks like we all do.

Am I the only one who loves when the kitties come for their share of fresh milk? Congratulations to your family and thank you for another yummy recipe. Is that cook book still in production?

Oh my goodness! Sorry if this is a long post, but I so cherish my copy of that cookbook! I almost leaped for joy when I saw it on the thumbnail. I'm only 46, but both my parents have passed and my copy I recently had to tape the binding together because it was falling apart and a few pages falling out, but it was given to my mom from my dad as a gift on their 3rd week anniversary. He even wrote inside the cover, "to my darling wife for her 3rd week of married life from her loving husband Bill, Oct 1, 1966." ❤ A recipe I use all the time in there is the ham loaf sauce. I've never made the ham loaf loaf on page 70 because I usually get the Gene Wenger ham loaf mix locally and just put the sauce from in there on top. I also love the scalloped corn recipe on page 151. My dad grew up Amish and my mom Mennonite and he loved mincemeat pie, but mom never liked it, and I always hated the meat in it but loved everything else. So I recently took the recipe on page 372 and made and canned the mince meat recipe, only WITHOUT the meat. Just the apples, raisins, citrus, sugar and spices. Now we have it to put on top of oatmeal, baked oatmeal, pancakes or ice cream. It's so good! Love your channel. I feel like it helps me stay connected to my roots. Even though I didn't grow up Amish, it's still a big part of how I grew up here in Lancaster Co and I have relatives that still wear coverings. God bless you and your family 😊

Those photos really capture the heart of the day. How much joy they will bring you over the years. The three little boys look so dapper. My favourite is seeing the couple being prayed over. 🙏🦋

Ruth Ann, you know I just love watching you with the family. What you see is what you get. Nothing is fake, right down to oops, the cream is on the counter. You and the boys have been barefoot or just in socks. Messy clothes on the kids. A messy apron for you. One of my favorites is the barn. Watching the boys learn to milk, the patience of the beautiful cow, and of course the cats patiently waiting for their drink of milk. I laugh at every squirt! God is truly good. Thank you for letting me home with you and the family. ((hugs))

Thank you Ruthann for another peek of the wedding festivities. The decorations were just lovely. I am in the hospital (4 weeks) and have watched all of your wonderful videos and cannot wait to try my hand at canning. Your videos have brighten my long days in bed. Bless you and your beautiful family.

Thank you for giving us a glimpse! I have 4 daughters and know how much work goes into a wedding! Your children have such a privilege to grow up in an environment that many do not have! Blessings!

I love watching the kitties drinking milk straight from the cows in the morning! ❤

I have my mother's cookbook published in 1953, the year before I was born. It is well worn and stained but the recipes are a treasure. I loved the three youngest boys in their black suits and shades!

I was born in 1950 and so I love that you have that cook book. I need to find one. Will be making this banana pudding recipe. RuthAnn, your daughter looked gorgeous and those pictures are just beautiful. The reception decorations were amazing! The three little boys looked so cute. Thank you so much for sharing such a special day with us.

The wedding was beautiful and your daughter made a beautiful bride. Blessings to the couple on starting their life together!

Good morning to my new favorite family. Blessings to the new couple.

Keep on showing all of what you do! Many wouldnt know what we ever did before everything became instant & full of ingredients we do not need..loved your photos of a beautiful wedding!

What a beautiful bride!!! The boys are adorable,

Watching Harrison with the whipped cream reminded me of myself and my siblings waiting to lick the beaters when my mother made a cake. 😋

Of course, I stopped the video and went to the link for the Mennonite cookbook!

What a great kid friendly tool for whipping cream!

Laughed when the little guy licked the table clean!

Making banna pudding reminds me watching my grandmother making it. Then having to wait for it to chill. Im 65, thank you for the memory. I got 3 bannas on the counter,hmmm think ill make a memory.

Ruth Anne has such a gentle spirit. I admire her very much.

Over here in Australia, we call Vanilla Pudding by the name of Vanilla Custard. I have often heard of Banana Cream Pie but didn't realise it was made this way. I love it. My mother used to make the custard and she would slice bananas into our dessert bowls and then top it with the vanilla custard and sprinkle it with cinnamon, she actually liked nutmeg and put that on her dessert. It was a very common dessert in our house and you are right it does take up the flavour of bananas. Love watching you cook, you are my kind of cook. I make a similar dessert type but a lemon custard or pudding. I make a sugar crust and then slice bananas and sprinkle with passionfruit (if they are in season) I make a sort of custard but instead of milk I use water and lemon juice and pour that over the top. I sprinkle it with coconut and leave it in the fridge for a few hours. The dessert needs to sit so that the flavour goes through the lemon custard and it is delicious. I love to leave it overnight but it usually doesn't make it that far. I do have a recipe but tend to wing it most times. Many blessings to you and your wonderful boys.

My double boiler works like a charm in melting and cooking so many things. The wedding and bride/groom were beautiful to see. Having cheesecake instead of a regular cake was a nice and different touch. I never would have thought of it.

My late mother made recipes from that cookbook when I was growing up! So fun to see it in your thumbnail. My brothers and I are in our 50's and 60's now and it is still in the family. Thanks for the memories!

I have that cookbook and love it! I bought it about 30 years ago when we homeschooled. I bought it from Rod and Staff, that is the curriculum we used. Beautiful wedding!

I have the 1969 hardcover version of that book. The cover is so beautiful.

I just love how the boys eyes sparkle as they eat the berries and cream.

Omg!! The boys kneeling in front with their shades on!! Just too cute!!!

Wow, what a beautiful wedding, you did an amazing job !!! I know doing the catch up is a lot of work but I hope you take some time to rest ! There is nothing that makes me happier than feeding people, especially my children when they were young, so watching your boys delight in in their tummy filling nutritious cream and fruit just filled my heart with joy ❤ I have been listening to the trial of Adam Montgomery, he beat his poor little 5yr old daughter and treated her remains in an unthinkable way, while listening to such evil, all I could think of is that every child deserves a mother like Ruthann ❤ What a different world we would live in if people would choose love and to serve our families (moms and dads) ! All your hard work and love will carry on through generations of your family !!!!! Blessings

I love old cook books as they use simple ingredients also.

My Mom started cooking my Great grandmother's recipe in the microwave about 40 years ago and it is so easy. We basically cook 2 minutes and stir, repeat. I did huge batches like this for the seven years that I made a vat of banana pudding for the homeless shelter once a month The wedding was beautiful ❤️

God’s blessing on the beautiful newlyweds! Thank you Ruthann for including photos and videos of your daughter’s wedding! I just love that you and your family share through RU-vid your love for the Lord! I look forward to seeing your videos! 😊

What a cute picture of the boys in there suits!! Thank you for sharing this recipe! I don’t care for bananas but will happily make this with berries or peaches🤩

This is a wonderful recipe; thanks for sharing your knowledge, recipes & lovely life as a busy mom! The wedding looked so beautiful! Those boys are precious! Your girls, too, but they weren’t in this one😉 God bless your family & all that watch🤗🇨🇦

I have my Grandma's hand whipper from the 1920s/30s, which i just used yesterday! I chill the glass and handle, then whip, it gives a thicker whip quicker. It's also taller but basically the same. I love the cookie crust and crumble idea, yum. Also, love, love those funnels, yes please. Thanks for another wonderful video.

Lovely wedding. Your daughter was beautiful. Looking forward to the photos.

Your banana pudding looks so delicious. My aunt used to make a blueberry banana pie, blueberries would be good in that with the bananas, too. Homemade vanilla pudding is so much better than the instant variety. The boys were so handsome at the wedding! Congratulations to the newlyweds!

Your little boys are just too cute,

Thank you for sharing your lovely family moments with all of us. My lol moment was seeing Harrison enjoying every spill and spot of whipped cream. Yum!

Your daughter made such a beautiful bride! I loved her dress.

Wow, you've been BUSY!!! I'm very excited to try out this sugar cookie crust recipe!

oh my goodness, watching the boys was so much fun! I loved how they milked the cow right into a glass and drank it. Thank you for sharing that, it was precious!

Loved your little guy dipping up the drops of whipped cream with his fingers.

I think Maxwell is the cat lover of the family. Good videos.

Love my Mennonite Community Cookbook. It was a wedding present from my mother in law 41 years ago! Love watching you and your family; blessings to you all and keep up the good work!

Love the photo where the family are all praying for the bride and groom! A great foundation for the new couple's future life!

Yum, my Grandma made this, and floating Island pudding too, which had poached meringue on top of the pudding. I'm in my 70's so you know that's an old recipe. Love your wedding photos, thank you for sharing such a special event in your life.

That banana pudding looked delicious! I really loved how the kids love to be involved, and the end when the cat took milk from the cow it was the cutest ever 🥰

In the UK we had "Elizabeth Patten" cook books for essential cooking without processed food. Apart from the odd packet of jelly!

Love the idea of using the lifter to stir the pudding while cooking. Also love your show and the way of cooking, thank you for these things.

The Mennonite Community Cookbook is just as interesting for reading as it is for cooking. I love reading it just for fun as much as for the recipes.

Ruth Ann thank you so much for sharing some of Stacys' wedding day with us!! Everything looked so beautiful, especially Stacy. I love starting my Saturday mornings with your videos. Always love seeing the children! I was born in 1950 just as your Mom was!❤Patsy

Thank you for sharing clips from the beautiful wedding. We always made banana pudding (all puddings) from scratch. There's nothing like it. Nowadays, I make my homemade puddings in the microwave, stirring every 30 to 45 seconds until thickened. I've never had scorched pudding when making it in the microwave. The funnels with the strainer is a winning combination. I have added it to my wish list.

Brings back memories of our one milk cow and how the kitties always followed my brothers out to the barn. Can't wait to make the banana pudding! Thanks for another interesting video. Congratulations on a great wedding!

Oh my, the wedding decor was absolutely simple elegance! I love it. And your boys, all dressed up, adorable, or maybe I should say handsome

Your little boys just crack me up. They are so cute!! I make homemade pudding when I do banana pudding, but I don’t do it but about once a year because I never have vanilla wafers. I can’t wait to try it with the sugar cookie bottom. Next time I need to use up some bananas, I will definitely make this. My hubby will be so happy! Thanks for sharing some of the wedding pics with us. It looks wonderful! Congrats and God bless!

My grandma's puddings were from a box. She stopped cooking from scratch years before I was a thought. If it didn't come from a box with easy instructions, she didn't make it. She was a working mum when her kids were growing up and they didn't have a cow. They had a milkman instead. In the 50's, when convenience foods came out, she embraced them. However, she always cooked her eggs in bacon grease.

The wedding pics were beautiful. I really liked the one where the little boys had their sunglasses on. So cute!! Those kittens sure know when it's milking time❤

The pictures and the videos of the wedding was beautiful❤

This is the way my grandmother made pudding. Going to try this weekend. Thanks for the demo.😊❤❤❤❤❤

This is my grandmother's (she was born in 1898) recipe, only I use flour, it is so good! Excellent base for coconut cream pie or cream puffs too.

Ruth Ann, what a beautiful wedding!!!! May God bless their marriage always!

My youngest daughter had the same exact green for her bridesmaids over twenty three years ago . The bridesmaids carried a variety of red and white roses . I thought your daughters wedding was lovely .

The Wedding pictures are wonderful. Prayers for the newly weds. Thank you for your videos.🙏🌹

The wedding looks beautiful and God centered. The banana dessert looks really good. Thanks for sharing both.

Lovely wedding. The boys looked sweet all dressed up. Bride and Groom were lovely. Thank them for allowing sharing. Loved when all family placed their hands on them in blessing. Great food again looking tasty.

Beautiful wedding congratulations to the happy couple. Make your puddings and custards in the microwave stir every 30 to 60 seconds, no worries of scorching.

The desert looked yummy. Everybody in the wedding picture looked absolutely gorgeous and the three little boys were so handsome Pictures for great memories to share and pass on

I have this cookbook. Bought it in Pennsylvania probably 30 or 35 years ago. Mine is on a ring binder and a I love it. It's a go to book that a use when looking for on-hand ingredients to cook with. Love you show and so do the many others I've share it with...mostly verbal shares. 🙂

I will agree with you the Mennonite cookbooks I have gotten reminds me of grandmas cooking her family moved away from the community when she was almost a teen an never used recipes so now I cook them an remember all the goodness

I love that cookbook! Mary Emma Showalter, the author, taught my dad to cook for a crowd. He was a chef at a forest camp in Virginia while in CPS ( civilian public service ?) during wwII.

Hello RuthAnn and sweet family! How beautiful your grandbaby is. I know your heart must be so full and thankful with the grandbaby and the wedding was so beautiful too and I want to say congratulations again. Yes mam, that’s the way pudding was made when I was a kid. It is so delicious. Thank you for sharing your grandbaby and the wedding with us. I’m sure the children enjoyed the wedding, they looked so good in their attire. I hope everyone has a blessed weekend and you get some rest!

I have to share with you that I really love listening to you as you film your time in the kitchen, the farm and being with the kids! you have inspired me to be more proactive in how I prepare our meals with our family! Thank you for YOU.....

Beautiful couple, may the Lord fill their lives with blessings and ever lasting love. Everything looks so beautiful. Congratulations to the newly weds.

I love your smile. I don’t know how many pots of pudding I threw out because of being burned. Not good. Seeing your cows bring back lots of memories. When I was a teenager and lived on a farm my mom had a Jersey cow named Betsy. Made lots of cottage cheese and butter.

Enjoyed the wedding photos and so glad it was a beautiful day! I have scorched cooked pudding before but maybe I’ll try it again 😊

I am from the south and old fashioned banana pudding is my all time favorite dessert. My mama taught me to make it years ago. Blessings! ❤lifeatthenutthouse

Oh Ruth Ann! The wedding is beautiful-- from the adorable little boys in their sunglasses, the room and table appointments were stunning, and all the guests so fashionably dressed. And that food just makes my mouth water. What a gorgeous success. ❤️

Ruth Ann, Besides your amazing homesteading, I want you know you’re radiant. You exude JOY and LOVE. Thank you.

I’m 74 yrs old and my mama always made homemade puddings. The recipe was my gramaws. Her recipe was similar to yours except we heated the milk first, then mixed I cup of the milk with eggs. It calls for flour salt cornstarch and sugar that you mixed with the the egg milk mixture, whisking well.

I love homemade banana pudding. I remember as a child watching my mother make it. So good. The wedding looked so beautiful. May God bless the newlyweds, and guide them throughout their lives together. Blessings to you and your family from Kentucky.

I have that cookbook! My grandma gave it to my mom and she gave it to me. I need to get it rebound as it’s falling apart. I treasure it.

I made a banana pudding like your recipe and always have. But I’ve always used nilla wafers. My grandsons thought I had invented it!!! They and my husband had only had the cold pudding. So now we call them Hot or Cold Pudding. Enjoyed the wedding pictures. Congratulations to the newly weds!

so beautiful!!

Yum! Great video!

I love your videos. Ty for sharing them!!!

Oh my that looks so yummy !!

I have never used a double boiler to make my Aunt D.A.'s recipe for vanilla pudding. I do have a double walled pot I stir it in. Comes out great every time.

Oh my, what a beautiful wedding! Thank you for sharing.

😂🤣😂😅 the boys, just being happy, healthy boys, I love it ❤ ... and the cow! So many memories .... The Wedding pics are gorgeous 😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️ Congratulations to them, God has smiled on this truly happy and blessed union 💓💓💓 The recipe is great, simple honest ingredients and NO preservatives or additives. 😋😋😋👍 Love the vids, thanks so much Ruth and all the family for all your efforts from Australia 🇭🇲🦘🦘🦘🙏🙏🙏🦘🦘🦘🇭🇲

I am so glad the wedding went good!! 🥰

I’ve always used a flat edged spatula to make pan gravy. I probably didn’t own a whisk as a young wife and mom, but it worked great so I’ve continued with using this.

Gorgeous bride and wedding 💜

Congratulations to both the happy couple and to you mamma 💚 what a stunning wedding 🎉

Gorgeous videos and pictures! So sweet! The green dresses were beautiful and the brides dress was just perfect.

Beautiful wedding! That dessert looks delicious.

Love the boys getting their own drink ! Fond memories.❤

What a grand wedding. Just beautiful !

The wedding pictures are priceless. May God bless them always. I love watching all your videos. Your family is wonderful and I love the way you all work together. God bless you all.

The Pampered Chef tool is fun, but nothing beats an immersion blender for making whipped cream, especially if you are making a big batch! Pudding sure looks yummy.

Good morning!!! That looks delicious 😊 Have a great day!! Wedding pics are beautiful ❤