Turtle Pie

Submitted by Chef #brini1314

"A quick recipe... mmm delicious, good to have in freezer and take our when unexpected guest show up. it is sweet, people always come back for more and request my recipe... i don't know where this recipe comes from"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Yields: 2 PIES

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1 (7 ounce) package flaked coconut
• 1⁄2 cup chop pecans or 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, soften
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 -16 ounce frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 (9 inch) baked pie crusts or (9 inch) graham cracker pie crust
• 1 (12 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping

directions

1. Melt butter in a large skillet, add coconut and chop nuts. cook until golden brown, stirring frequently. Set aside this mixture.
2. Combine cream cheese and sweetened condensed milk and beat until smooth. Then fold in whip topping.
3. Layer 1/4 of cream cheese mixture in each pie shell.
4. drizzle 1/4 coconut mixture evenly over each pie.
5. Repeat layers -- cover and freeze till firm, You may want to add decorative touch of your own to top this pie.
6. Let pie stand at room temperature for about 5 to 10 minutes before slicing -- ENJOY.

Reviews

[Lucky Clover]

This was really good! It is very rich, though, so I could only eat a small piece at a time. The only problem I had was that the directions don't say what to do with the caramel topping. I just drizzled it over the coconut & walnuts.