Banana Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 egg yolks
2/3 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 1/2 c. milk
1 Tbsp. flour
1 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 large bananas, sliced
vanilla wafers (Nabisco or Keebler)
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
2 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Cook first 6 ingredients in double boiler (or heavy club aluminum pot), stirring occasionally until it thickens and drops from spoon in big blobs.
Remove from fire; add butter and vanilla.
Let cool completely, stirring occasionally.
Arrange alternate layers of pudding, bananas and vanilla wafers in a glass loaf pan.
Start and end with the pudding.
Beat egg whites until they start to stiffen.
Add cream of tartar and sugar, beating on high speed until forms stiff peaks.
Top pudding with meringue and brown lightly in oven under broiler.
Watch very carefully and do not overbrown.
Chill thoroughly until cold to set pudding.
Best served the same day.