Mandarin Cream Delight

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 9 tablespoons butter or 9 tablespoons margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 2 (11 ounce) cans mandarin oranges in light syrup, undrained
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) carton low-fat sour cream
• 1 (8 ounce) carton nonfat sour cream
• 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages vanilla instant pudding mix or 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages sugar-free instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen reduced-calorie whipped topping, thawed
• mint sprig (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°.
• 2 to prepare crust, combine the butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and vanilla in large bowl. beat at medium speed with hand-held mixer until light and fluffy (about 2 min.). add flour and salt to butter mixture; beating at low speed until well-blended.
• 3 pat dough into a 13" x 9" baking dish coated with cooking spray, and pierce bottom of dough several times with a fork. bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. cool crust on a wire rack. turn oven off.
• 4 to prepare filling, drain mandarin oranges over a large bowl, reserving 1/2 cup juice. combine juice, 1/4 cup sugar, sour creams, and both boxes pudding mix in a large bowl. gently fold in the mandarin orange segments. spoon orange mixture over crust, spreading evenly. top with whipped topping. chill 1 hour. garnish with mint, if desired.