From Deseret News archives:
Childhood favorite still says 'I love you'
After all that time and effort, however, I was ready to pass out!
I've learned a lot in the years we've been together, and one valuable lesson is that it's most often the simple desserts that please my husband the most. This year I decided to give his mother, Betty, a call and ask her for one of his favorite recipes from childhood. Who better to ask, I figured, than his own mother?
Betty opened up her recipe box and gave me a couple of ideas, from which I've chosen an old-fashioned layered dessert of pudding and graham crackers topped with chocolate. I know my husband will love it, and the kids will be thrilled, too. The fact that this dessert flies together in less than 15 minutes only makes it more special in my eyes. The dish needs to sit in the refrigerator for at least four hours and can hold for up to 24 hours before serving it's super flexible.
Say I love you this week with Valentine "Eclair" Delight.
VALENTINE "ECLAIR" DELIGHT
Start to finish: 15 minutes preparation, plus at least 4 hours refrigerator time
Cook's notes:
2. Any type of milk, (skim, low-fat or whole) will work in this recipe.
3. Depending on the size (and brand) of your crackers, you may have an additional graham layer. Try to create, by breaking the crackers on their perforations, an entire layer of crackers and then pudding mixture, so that the crackers form the bottom and top layers and the pudding mixture is sandwiched in between each cracker layer.
4. Leftover chocolate frosting can be covered and refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Let it sit at room temperature for at least 20 minutes before trying to spread refrigerated frosting.
1 small (3.4-ounce) box French vanilla instant pudding mix (see cook's notes)
1 cup milk (see cook's notes)
1 carton (8 ounces) frozen whipped dairy topping, defrosted
1/2 box (7.5 ounces) graham crackers
1 cup prepared chocolate frosting (see cook's notes)
In a medium bowl, mix together the milk and the powdered pudding mix. Fold in the whipped topping (to form about 4 cups pudding mixture), and set aside.
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