Shelly's Recipe

COCONUT PRALINE DREAM PIE

Category: Pies - Miscellaneous

1/2 cup pecans walnuts, or almonds, chopped
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup brown sugar, light firmly packed
1 each pie shell (9 inch) baked, cooled
2 envelopes whipped topping mix
2 3/4 cups milk cold, divided
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 pkg instant pudding mix, vanilla
1 1/3 cups coconut flaked

Heat pecans, butter and brown sugar in small saucepan until butter and sugar are melted and mixture comes to a boil. Boil exactly 30 seconds. Spread on bottom of pastry shell. Cool.

Beat whipped topping mix, 1 cup of the milk and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed about 6 minutes or until topping thickens and forms peaks. Add remaining 1 3/4 milk and pudding mixes, blend on low speed. Beat on high speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in 1 cup of the coconut. Spoon into pastry shell. Refrigerate at least 4 hours or until set. Garnish with remaining 1/3 coconut. Store leftover pie in refrigerator.