Rich, Sweet, Sinful, Delicious Dessert...

This rich, sweet, sinful, delicious dessert is one of my favourite desserts, you just can't get enough. Yummy!

Ingredients:  (12 Servings)

BASE:
• 1 cup all-purpose
• flour (250 ml)
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter
• 2 tbsp (30 ml) sugar
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) chopped nuts
  
CREAM CHEESE FILLING:
• 8 ozs (250 ml) cream cheese 
• 2/3 cup (150 ml) icing sugar 
• 1 cup (250 ml) Cool Whip

PUDDING MIX TOPPING:
• 2 1/2 cups (625 ml) milk
• 2 - 3 1/2 ozs instant pudding mix (vanilla or chocolate or flavour of your choice)
• 1 cup (250 ml) Cool Whip
• Garnish (coconut, nuts, marashino cherries, chocolate curls, etc...)

Directions:

1. To prepare the base, combine flour, butter, sugar and nuts.
2. Mix until crumbly. Press into greased 10" spring form pan or square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Let cool.
3. In the meantime, prepare the cream cheese filling by beating the cream cheese with the icing sugar. Fold in 1 cup of cool whip until well blended. Spread over the cooled crust. Refrigerate while making the topping.
4. To prepare the pudding mix topping, add the milk to the instant pudding mix following the directions on the package. Let cool. Top with remaining cool whip. Garnish with coconut, chopped nuts, shaved chocolate or marashino cherries, strawberries. Refrigerate before serving.