Shelly's Recipe

PRALINE DELITE PIE

Category: Pies - Cream and Custard

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

Heat butter with brown sugar and nuts in a saucepan until melted. Spread in the bottom of the baked pie shell. Bake at 450 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.