Sugar Free Banana Pudding Squares

Just in time for Thanksgiving - I'm sharing a scrumptious sugar free dessert recipe for all of you who might still be racking your brains for foods that you can serve to your Thanksgiving guests who are on a reduced sugar diet.  I very rarely post Sugar Free recipes - mostly because no one in my immediate family follows a reduced sugar diet and I don't make them very often.  So when I get a request for a special Thanksgiving Day sugar free banana pudding - I get excited.  

Modifying the traditional banana pudding recipe into a sugar free masterpiece is relatively easy.  I replaced the wafer cookies with a nutty crust, swapped the regular pudding for sugar free pudding and substituted Stevia for white sugar in the whipped cream.  No problem.  Right?

Sugar Free Banana Pudding Squares
Crust
2 cups pecans
4 Tablespoons melted butter
3 Tablespoons Stevia sweetener

Filling
3 bananas
1 large box sugar free vanilla pudding
3 cups milk
2 cups heavy whipping cream
4 Tablespoons stevia sweetener
3 Tablespoons pecan chips

Pulse pecans and sweetener in food processor until finely ground.

Drizzle in melted butter while processor is running. 

Press mixture into a greased 7x11 pan.

Bake 12-15 minutes at 350.  Cool. 

Whisk together pudding and milk.  

Slice bananas and place on top of crust. 

Spoon 2 cups of pudding over banana layer. 

Whisk cream and Stevia until stiff peaks form.

Fold 1 cup cream into remaining pudding.  

Spread over pudding layer. 
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Spread remaining whipped cream on top and sprinkle with pecan chips. 

I realize that this recipe is a little bit different from the traditional banana pudding recipes that you grew up eating but I promise you - it's worth a try.  I would be willing to bet that ALL of your Thanksgiving guests will love this dessert - not JUST the ones on a sugar free diet. 

Ciao!

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