Original Nilla Banana Pudding

Ingredients

• ¾ cup sugar, divided  
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• dash salt   
• 3 eggs, separated
• 2 cups milk   
• ½ tsp. vanilla extract
• 35 Nilla wafers   
• 5 ripe bananas, sliced

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Beat shortening and sugars together until creamy.  Add eggs and peanut butter; beat well.  Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.  Add to creamed mixture, blending well.  Stir in oats.  Shape dough into 1-inch balls.  Place onto ungreased cookie sheet making criss-cross design with fork on each cookie.  Bake for 8-10 minutes.  Makes 6 dozen.