Mom's Southern-Style Banana Pudding

My mom's banana pudding has been one of my favorite treats for practically as long as I could eat solid foods. It's the bring-to-a-potluck, make-for-holidays, good-day-for-a-BBQ dessert staple. The technique changes a bit depending variables like the flavor of pudding we have on hand or how many boxes of Nilla wafers are in the cabinet, but the essential Southern-style summer-is-here flavor remains untouched. 

1 pkg. banana cream pudding mix

1 pkg. French vanilla pudding mix

4 cups milk

1 lg. container Cool Whip

2-3 bananas, sliced

1 box Nilla wafers

In a large mixing bowl, combine pudding mixes and milk; whisk until smooth. Fold in Cool Whip to pudding mixture until completely combined. Layer Nilla wafers on the bottom of a large serving bowl. Pour a layer of pudding over the top, then add a layer of bananas. Continue layering in this fashion, ending with pudding at the top. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.