This delicious crust is made with flour, chopped walnuts and butter, pressed into a 9-inch pie tin, and baked till lightly golden. It 's then filled with chocolate pudding that is then smothered with a sweetened whipped cream and cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- walnuts: 1 cup (chopped)
- all-purpose flour: 0.5 cup
- butter: 0.5 cup (softened)
- instant chocolate pudding mix: 2 packages (3.9 ounce packages)
- milk: 2 cups (cold)
- cream cheese: 1 pack (8 ounce pack, softened)
- confectioners' sugar: 1 cup
- heavy whipping cream: 0.5 cup
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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In a medium bowl, combine walnuts and flour. Mix well, then stir in softened butter or margarine. Stir until ingredients are combined and mixture forms a ball. Press into bottom of a 9x13 inch pan. Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until golden brown. Remove and cool.
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Place pudding mix in a medium bowl and whisk in milk. Mix until smooth. Allow to set up for 5 minutes then spread on top of cooled crust.
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In a large bowl whip cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in confectioner's sugar until mixture is smooth. In a separate bowl, whip cream until soft peaks form, then fold into cream cheese mixture. Spread over pudding layer. Chill before serving.
