Patriotic Dessert

By draingal

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup confectioner's sugar
• 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
• 1 carton (8 oz.) frozen shipped topping, thawed; divided
• 1 package (5.1 oz.) instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 1/2 cups cold milk
• 1/2 cup fresh blueberries
• 3 cups fresh strawberries, halved

Preparation

Step 1

Combine flour, pecans and butter. Press into the bottom of an uncreased 13" x 9" x 2" baking pan. Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool.
In mixing bowl, cream sugar and cream cheese. Fold in half of the whipped topping; mix until smooth. Spread over cream cheese layer. Cover with remaining whipped topping. Decorate with blueberries and strawberries to resemble the American flag, using blueberries as stars and strawberries as stripes. Chill at least 1 hour before serving.