1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
3/4 cup chopped walnuts
1 (8 oz.) pkg cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 (12 oz.) tub Cool Whip, divided
2 (3 oz. ea.) pkgs. jello instant pudding (may use any flavor but chocolate or vanilla are the most common)
3 cups milk

Layer #1: Cream butter together with flour and walnuts until well mixed. Preheat oven to 350°F. Press mixture into a 9x13-inch baking pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely.

Layer #2: In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix together cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and 1 1/2 cups of Cool Whip until smooth. Spread evenly over crust.

Layer #3: Prepare pudding with 3 cups of milk. Mix with electric mixer until thick and spread over cream cheese layer.

Layer #4: Spread remaining Cool Whip over pudding and garnish with chopped nuts if desired. Chill before serving, and refrigerate left overs.

Note: Butterscotch, white chocolate and pistachio are also a few more good pudding flavors that work well for this recipe.

HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS:

St. Patrick's Day: Prepare with pistachio pudding and garnish with green mint chips.

Easter Sunday: Prepare with vanilla or white chocolate pudding, and garnish with green tinted coconut shreds and jelly bird eggs and/or Robin eggs.

Fourth of July: Prepare with vanilla or white chocolate pudding and garnish with fresh strawberries or raspberries, white chocolate chips, and fresh blueberries to decorate it like the American flag.

Halloween: Prepare with chocolate or chocolate fudge pudding and garnish with candy corns, and/or Nutter Butter cookie halves standing upright to resemble gravestones.

Thanksgiving: Prepare with pumpkin flavored instant pudding and garnish with candy corns.

Christmas: Prepare with white chocolate flavored pudding and garnish with crushed candy cane or hard peppermint candy pieces.

Submitted by: Mike Ford