NUTTY CRUST PIE 
1 stick butter
1 1/2 c. flour
1 c. chopped walnuts or pecans
1 c. confectioners' sugar
1 (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
Sm. pkg. instant chocolate pudding
1 3/4 c. milk
About 1/4 cup coconut (optional)
About 1/4 cup chocolate chips
About 1/4 cup chopped nuts
Cool Whip (13 1/2 oz.)

Melt 1 stick butter; add 1 1/2 cups of flour and 1 cup chopped pecans. Mix well. This will be a soft dough. Put in a 9 inch pie pan and press evenly around bottom and sides. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes; cool.

For the first layer, mix the confectioners' sugar, cream cheese and 1/2 carton of Cool Whip. Put this in pie shell and put in refrigerator until set.

Prepare instant pudding, using the 1 3/4 cup milk. Pour over cream cheese mixture (this is your second layer). Let this cool and set also.

For the third layer, top with remaining Cool Whip, sprinkle with chocolate chips, coconut and chopped nuts.

 

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