holiday praline delite pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
• 1/3 cup butter
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 3 cups milk
• 1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

Recipe

• heat butter or margarine with brown sugar and nuts in a saucepan until melted. spread in the bottom of the baked pie shell. bake at 450 degrees f (230 degrees c) for 5 minutes. cool.
• prepare vanilla pudding mix with milk as directed for a pie; cool for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. measure 1 cup, cover with waxed paper, and chill thoroughly. pour remainder into pie shell. chill.
• fold 1/3 cup whipped topping into the 1 cup reserved pudding. spread over nuts in pie shell. chill. garnish with remaining whipped topping and chopped pecans.