Nilla wafers: The iconic vanilla cookie pulls double duty as both the base for the crumb crust and used whole between the mousse and pudding layers, softening as it chills (a nod to the classic).
Gene’s went from a pop-up to a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Atlanta’s East Lake neighborhood — but aside from fine-tuning, their banana pudding recipe remains the same.
One day as I was getting ready to put together a banana pudding, I thought "What would happen if I used shortbread cookies instead of the traditional vanilla wafers?' Unlike the wafers ...