Aunt Rosie's Dessert

This is Tim's absolute favorite dessert - his Aunt Rosie first made it so its affectionately called Aunt Rosie's Desert. Tim's mom recently sent me the recipe, so I thought I'd share! I'm thinking this will be a great birthday treat for his birthday coming up!
INGREDIENTS

1 and 1/2 cups flour
1 stick butter or margarine
2/3 cup pecans or your favorite kind
1 cup powdered sugar
8 oz cream cheese
2 – 8 oz cartons cool whip
2 - 3 oz boxes Jello instant pudding (any flavor)
3 cups milk

FIRST LAYER

1 1/2 c. flour
1 stick butter or margarine
2/3 c. chopped nuts

Combine ingredients and cut together as for pie crust until
it resembles coarse meal. Press well into 13 X 9 or 9X9 for thicker layers
baking pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool.

SECOND LAYER:

1 c. powdered sugar
8 oz. cream cheese
8 oz. carton softened whipped topping

Beat sugar and cream cheese until fluffy. Mix in
whipped topping and spread on cooled crust.

THIRD LAYER:

2 pkg. (3 oz.) instant pudding, any flavor
3 c. milk

Make pudding according to package directions, using just 3
cups milk. Spread pudding on cream cheese layer.
Spread whipped topping over pudding layer. Sprinkle with
nuts, and/or maraschino cherries if desired. Chill several hours to set.

Yield 15 servings.

Although the recipe calls for instant pudding cooked pudding can be used just be sure to let it cool completely before assembling dessert.