Description
After you have made and enjoyed your saskatoon pies be sure and use some of those lovely lush berries for this delightful dessert. A family member shared this recipe and it's right up there with the saskatoon pie when preparing a special dessert for summer guests! When time allows i prepare a home made pudding instead of the instant pudding powder. The recipe did not specify pan size, i use a large pie pan or the 9 inch spring form pan, this works well for me. Prepare the saskatoon filling first to assure it is cool. I sweeten my whipped cream with 1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons of sugar – the choice to sweeten is yours – you may even wish to add more. Dream whip or cool whip may be used in place of the whipped cream – again the choice is yours. If saskatoons are not available blueberries may be used with equally good results.
Ingredients
- Graham Wafer Crumbs
- Margarine
- Sugar
- Flour
- Vanilla Instant Pudding Mix
- Milk
- Saskatoon Berries
- Water
- Cornstarch
- Whipping Cream
- Cream Cheese
Instructions
- Base, mix together graham crumbs, margarine, sugar, flour and pat into pan
- Filling, beat vanilla pudding mix with cold milk using a whisk or an electric beater, spread over base
- Saskatoon filling, in saucepan berries and sugar, with enough water to cover the berries, simmer about 5 minutes or until berries are cooked, smooth together cornstarch and water, add stir until thickens, cool
- When cool spread over the pudding layer
- Topping
- In a large bowl beat the package of cream cheese until smooth
- In a second bowl whip the cup of whipping cream to make for two cups whipped
- Blend the whipped cream into cream cheese and spread over the top of the saskatoon layer
- Refrigerate
- Cooking time includes 30 minutes cooling time for the berry filling, which i often cool in the fridge, but be sure this mixture is cool before you spread it on the pudding layer!