Catseye
Senior Cook
Refrigerator Pecan Dessert
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2 pk butter-pecan instant
- pudding/pie filling
Milk (as needed)
1 lg Cool Whip (quart?)
8 oz Cream cheese
2 T Sour cream (optional)
1 c Confectioner's sugar
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2 c flour
3/4 c Pecans, finely ground
9 T butter (1 stick and 1 inch)
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2/3 c Pecans, coarsely broken
1 T butter
6 t Light brown sugar
PREPARE CRUST: Stir pecans for crust into flour and cut in butter. Use
spatula to press mixture flat into long pan (9x12"). Bake at 325 degrees
F. till brown, about 25 minutes. (You will smell the nuts cooking.)
PREPARE TOPPING: Brown pecans for topping in 1 T butter and the light
brown sugar until resembles praline; let cool.
Soften cream cheese; add 2 T sour cream (optional). Mix up pudding
according to directions, including milk. Blend cream cheese mixture
thoroughly with confectioner's sugar; add 1 cup Cool Whip from container.
Spread cream cheese mixture onto cooled crust; top with pudding, then the
rest of the cool whip. Pour cooled pecan topping on top and chill.
Crewsk, I have never found prepackaged butter pecan pudding mix. I just use vanilla.
Cats
----------------------------------FILLING----------------------------------
2 pk butter-pecan instant
- pudding/pie filling
Milk (as needed)
1 lg Cool Whip (quart?)
8 oz Cream cheese
2 T Sour cream (optional)
1 c Confectioner's sugar
-----------------------------------CRUST-----------------------------------
2 c flour
3/4 c Pecans, finely ground
9 T butter (1 stick and 1 inch)
----------------------------------TOPPING----------------------------------
2/3 c Pecans, coarsely broken
1 T butter
6 t Light brown sugar
PREPARE CRUST: Stir pecans for crust into flour and cut in butter. Use
spatula to press mixture flat into long pan (9x12"). Bake at 325 degrees
F. till brown, about 25 minutes. (You will smell the nuts cooking.)
PREPARE TOPPING: Brown pecans for topping in 1 T butter and the light
brown sugar until resembles praline; let cool.
Soften cream cheese; add 2 T sour cream (optional). Mix up pudding
according to directions, including milk. Blend cream cheese mixture
thoroughly with confectioner's sugar; add 1 cup Cool Whip from container.
Spread cream cheese mixture onto cooled crust; top with pudding, then the
rest of the cool whip. Pour cooled pecan topping on top and chill.
Crewsk, I have never found prepackaged butter pecan pudding mix. I just use vanilla.
Cats
