#11_ Melt In Your Mouth Dessert

There was a contest at a company I used to work for years ago where an employee who turned in the most recipes wins. I placed second! Wasn't that great or what?!! Yah, big deal! Then they made a compilation of all those recipes submitted by us and published cook books and sold them to us, employees. Wasn't that clever of them?!!
In all seriousness though, the really good thing about it, aside from me garnering second place, is that most of my former co-workers who submitted recipes were really good cooks and their recipes are worth trying. I'm glad to have the cook book after all.
This dessert is from one of the emloyees there. It realy melts in your mouth and to die for!

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped
1 8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 12oz cool whip
2 pkgs of chocolate pudding

Procedure:

1. Combine first 3 ingredients and press into a 9'x 13" pan

2. Bake for 15 minutes. Cool

3. Mix cream cheese, powdered sugar and half of the cool whip. Spread over crust

4. Mix chocolate pudding according to pie directions and spread over the cream mixture

5. Spread the rest of the cool whip over pudding mixture

6. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours

#3_ Pistachio Fruit Salad

This is really an easy fruit salad to prepare, even a child can prepare it. I always serve this during holidays but you can serve it anytime you want. Its really good!

You'll need:

2 cans ( 16 oz ea.) fruit cocktail
1 (20 oz.) can pineapple tidbits
2 boxes (3.4 oz.ea.) instant Pistachio pudding mix
1 tub (12 oz.) Cool Whip, thawed

5 bananas (or more)

How to prepare the Salad:


1. Pour the fruit juices in a bowl and stir in the pudding mix.
2. Mix the fruit cocktail and the pineapple tidbits in to the pudding mixture.
3. Fold in the cool whip
4. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill for at least 2 hours.
5. Just before serving, peel and slice up the bananas and mix it with the salad.
How easy is that

Note:
For variations, you can add miniature marshmallows (it has to be the white marshmallows. I used pink ones one time and the color was a disaster). You can also add some coconuts or chopped walnuts or pecans. You can't really go wrong with this salad.