Name: Idiot's Delight
Ingredients: 2 pk Butter-pecan instant pudding/pie filling; Milk (as needed); 1 lg Cool Whip (quart?); 8 oz Cream cheese; 2 tb Sour cream (optional); 1 c Confectioner's sugar; 2 c Flour; 3/4 c Pecans, finely ground; 9 tb Butter (1 stick and 1 inch); 2/3 c Pecans, coarsely broken; 1 tb Butter; 6 ts Light brown sugar

If one really wants to a see a theology for the church in action, one might walk into an old church graveyard at night. Walk about and see the headstones weathered and ground down by the elements. Contemplate the fact that beneath your feet are men and women who once had youthful skin and quick steps and hectic calendars but who are now piles of forgotten bones. Think about the fact that the scattered teeth in the earth below you once sang hymns of hope -maybe 'When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder I’ll Be There' or 'When We All Get to Heaven.' They are silent now. But while you are there, think about what every generation of Christians has held against the threat of sword and guillotine and chemical weaponry. This stillness will one day be interrupted by a shout from the eastern sky, a joyful call with a distinctly northern Galilean accent. And that’s when life really gets interesting.

Russell Moore

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts, Mom	1	Batch

INGREDIENTS

2	pk	Butter-pecan instant pudding/pie filling
		Milk (as needed)
1	lg	Cool Whip (quart?)
8	oz	Cream cheese
2	tb	Sour cream (optional)
1	c	Confectioner's sugar
2	c	Flour
3/4	c	Pecans, finely ground
9	tb	Butter (1 stick and 1 inch)
2/3	c	Pecans, coarsely broken
1	tb	Butter
6	ts	Light brown sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

FILLING
CRUST
TOPPING
PREPARE CRUST:  Stir pecans for crust into flour and cut in butter. Use
spatula to press mixture flat into long pan (9x12"). Bake at 325 degrees F.
till brown, about 25 minutes. (You will smell the nuts cooking.)
PREPARE TOPPING:  Brown pecans for topping in 1 T butter and the light
brown sugar until resembles praline; let cool.
Soften cream cheese; add 2 T sour cream (optional). Mix up pudding
according to directions, including milk. Blend cream cheese mixture
thoroughly with confectioner's sugar; add 1 cup Cool Whip from container.
Spread cream cheese mixture onto cooled crust; top with pudding, then the
rest of the cool whip.  Pour cooled pecan topping on top and chill.
Vicki's notes:
*  Mom makes a version similar to black-bottom pie; see that recipe.
*  Make HALF a batch!
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