Idiot's Delight

Recipe Ingredients

		Filling
2		Butter-pecan instant - pudding/pie filling
		Milk - (as needed)
1		Cool whip - (quart?) (large)
8 oz	227g	Cream cheese
2 tablespoons	30ml	Sour cream - (optional)
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Confectioner's sugar
		Crust
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
3/4 cup	177ml	Pecans - finely ground
9 tablespoons	135ml	Butter - (1 stick and 1 inch)
		Topping
2/3 cup	157ml	Pecans - coarsely broken
1 tablespoon	15ml	Butter
6 teaspoons	30ml	Light brown sugar

Recipe Instructions

PREPARE CRUST: Stir pecans for crust into flour and cut in butter. Use spatula to press mixture flat into long pan (9x12").

Bake at 325F. until 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.

Vicki's notes:

* Mom makes a version similar to black-bottom pie; see that recipe.

* Make HALF a batch!

Source:
Emeril Lagasse

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