Pumpkin Delight

This pumpkin delight dessert is a dekicious holiday alternative to pumpkin pie. It's light, airy and full of delicious fall pumpkin pie flavour. 

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PUMPKIN DELIGHT 

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Yield: 8 servings 1x

INGREDIENTS
THE CRUST:

• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter

CREAM CHEESE LAYER:

• 1 – 8 oz package of cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup icing sugar (powdered sugar)
• 1 cup whipped cream

PUMPKIN FLUFF LAYER:

• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 3 small packages of instant white chocolate or vanilla pudding (the ~3.5 oz packages)
• 1 – 398 mL can pure pumpkin puree
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground ginger
• 1/8 tsp allspice
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 1 cup whipped cream

WHIPPED TOPPING:

• 2 cups whipping cream
• chopped pecans for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS
WHIPPED CREAM:

• This recipe requires whipped cream for 3 out of the 4 layers of the dessert. I like to use real whip cream for all of my desserts, so for this recipe I used a 1L container of heavy cream and whipped it up so it was ready to use when I needed it.

THE CRUST:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
• In a mixer combine the chopped nuts, flour, sugar and butter.
• Press the nut mixture into the baking dish.
• Bake for about 15 minutes. Don’t overcook it or the crust will be too hard.
• Once the crust is done baking, set it aside and let it cool completely.

CREAM CHEESE LAYER:

• Using a mixer, cream together the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth.
• Add the 1 cup of whipped cream and mix.
• Transfer to another bowl, and set aside.

PUMPKIN FLUFF LAYER:

• Using a mixer cream together the milk and pudding mix until smooth.
• Add the pumpkin puree, spices and whipped cream. Mix completely.
• Set aside.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER:

• Once the crust is cooled, spread on the cream cheese layer.
• Then spread on the pumpkin fluff layer.
• Spread on the remaining whipped cream.
• Garnish with chopped pecans or dust with ground cinnamon.
• Chill for at least 3 hours, or overnight is best.

NOTES

• This recipe requires using a mixer for each layer, but don’t worry, you don’t need to clean the mixer between each step.

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