Ingredients

• 8-16 ozs. cool whip
• 1 can (14oz) sweet condensed milk(sweet cream)
• 2 cups cold milk
• large box(5.1oz) instant vanilla pudding
• bananas
• vanilla wafers

Directions

Mix milk and vanilla pudding together with mixer
Add condensed milk
Stir in coolwhip
Layer wafers and bananas on bottom
Fill halfway with pudding mixture
Layer wafers and banansa in middle
Cover with remaining pudding mixture
Top with crumbled wafers

Ingredients

• 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 1 stick margarine, melted
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 large pkgs. instant vanilla puddings
• 5 cups milk
• 2 (20-oz.) cans crushed pineapple, drained
• 5 large bananas, sliced
• 1 (12-oz.) container Cool Whip
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1 cup sliced maraschino cherries

Directions

Makes 24 large servings.

1. Mix together graham cracker crumbs, melted margarine and sugar. Press mixture into 13-x 9-inch baking dish and bake for 8 minutes at 350 degrees. Let cool completely before starting next step.

2. Mix pudding and milk, whipping until pudding sets. Spread pudding over the cooled crust.

3. Layer pineapple over pudding. Then layer the sliced bananas.

4. Mix Cool Whip, chopped nuts and cherries together, add layer over bananas.

5. Place in refrigerator for 3 hours before serving.

Source: The Advocate – Baton Rouge, La.

Ingredients

• 1-can coke
• 1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
• 1-20 ounce can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1-16 ounce can dark sweet pitted cherries, drained, cut up
• 1-8 ounce package Philadelphia cream cheese
• 1-6 ounce package raspberry jello

Directions

1. Drain juice from cherries and pineapple and keep for later.
2. Cut up cheeries and set aside.
3. Bring pineapple and cherry juice to boil.
4. Add jello to boiling juices to dissolve.
5. In 9 X 13 glass pan cut slices of cream cheese and spread out.
6. Pour hot jello juice mixture over cream cheese stirring till cream cheese melts.
7. To jello/juice and cream cheese mixture add cut up cheeries, pineapple and chopped pecans.
8. Refrigerate 30-45 minutes or until jello starts to set up.
9. Pull jello out of refrigerator and stir up adding 6 ounces of coke, mix well.
10. Put back in refrigerator and let it set up.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups flour
• Powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups cherry pie mix (mostly cherries)
• 2/3 cup chocolate chips
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup shortening
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate

Directions

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease baking pan 13x9x2-inches. Melt chocolate and shortening in large saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Mix in sugar, eggs and vanilla. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and chocolate chips. Spread half mixture in pan. Spread cherry pie mix over batter. Spread remaining batter over cherries. Bake 30 minutes or until brownies start to pull away from sides of pan. Do not over bake. Cool slightly. Cut into squares. Sift powdered sugar over brownies.

Good served with vanilla ice cream.

Ingredients

• 10 slices day old bread, broken into pieces
• 4 cups milk, scalded
• 1 cup cream
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup seedless raisins (optional)

Directions

Combine bread, milk and cream. Beat eggs; add sugar and mix well. Stir in bread mixture and add vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg. Stir in butter and raisins. Pour into buttered 2 quart baking dish set in a pan of warm water about 1 inch deep. Bake at 350 degrees (F) for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
**Serve with Whiskey Sauce

serves 8

**You can find the Whiskey Sauce recipe under Soups/Sauces*