Banana Caramel Cream Dessert - cooking recipe

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
Preparation
    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.

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