Today is his farewell family dinner...I was enlisted to make dessert; but specifically... his favourite; Mississippi mud. I usually freestyle things and sometimes fail; so I decided to get the recipe from my mom and follow it to a "t"!!!
The base:
Spread this over the cream cheese layer.
Final product:
The reviews are in:
The recipe:
My grandfather typed this out for my mom over 40 years ago; he's been gone for years now but it is amazing how a small piece of paper can make you reminisce.
1/2 cup margarine(soften butter)
1cup flour
1/2 chopped nuts (pecans)
Mix and spread into a 9x13 pan
Bake on 350 for 15 minutes ( took mine 22)
Filling:
Beat 8 oz cream cheese with 1cup of icing sugar
Then mix in 1 large tub of cool whip
(I know what you're thinking....cool whip? But this is a classic recipe!!!)
Spread this over the cooled crust
Filling #2:
Mix 2-4oz packages of instant chocolate pudding with 3cups of milk(you will notice that's less than the package calls for; this is correct; you want it thicker!
Topping:
Top with a tub if cool whip
I used whipping cream (sweetened with a little icing sugar...this will also help stabilize the whipping cream) because I forgot to buy an extra tub for the topping and my mom had whipping cream.
Spread this over the chocolate layer.
I shaved chocolate on top instead of nuts...this is how my mom made hers for us when we were growing up!
"Best I've ever had; don't tell mom!" -Cher
"So creamy!" -jan
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