Walter's Pie

 

WALTER’s PIE

¼ cup butter

32 reduced fat butter crackers

¼ cup sugar

1 tsp. cardamom

1 5.1 oz. box vanilla instant pudding

1¾ cup skim milk

¼ cup fat free sour cream

 

Preheat oven 375º.

 

Place mixing bowl (preferably metal) in freezer.

 

Crush the crackers in food processor or other crushing gadget. Combine with sugar and cardamom and mix well. Melt the butter and pour over mixture. Press into pie plate up the sides making a crust. Bake in 375º oven for 10-15 minutes, (until golden).

 

In frozen bowl, combine milk, sour cream and pudding mix and blend well.  Pour into cooled cracker crust. Let set up for about 2 hours. Serve with chocolate syrup, or if you’re going for healthy, fresh strawberries and blueberries.

 

*Walter was the name of a stuffed dog toy I had when I was a little girl. 

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Homemade Wheat Thins

Whole Wheat Sesame Seed Crackers

¾ cup whole wheat flour

¾ cup all purpose flour

1½ tsp sugar

½ tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

½ cup non-fat buttermilk (place ½ tablespoon lemon juice in measuring cup and top to half with skim milk; stir, and let stand 5 minutes then stir again.)

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1 tbsp olive oil or melted margarine

Fresh ground pepper

Sea salt

1 tbsp sesame seeds

Heat oven to 350°

Mix flours, sugar, baking soda and salt.  Stir in buttermilk and 2 tablespoons oil.  Shape dough into six balls.  Roll each ball into a 9-inch square on lightly floured cloth-covered surface.  (Wrapping a cotton dish towel around a cutting board works well).

Cut into 2¼ inch squares; (a pizza cutter is perfect for the job); brush lightly with margarine or olive oil and sprinkle with sea salt, fresh ground pepper and sesame seeds.

Bake 8-10 minutes until crisp and golden brown.

Yield 48 crackers.

Try using cookie cutters to cut out squares for festive gatherings.  Or for a sweet cracker, change to sesame seeds, sea salt and pepper to a combination of cinnamon and sugar.

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