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This torte is easy: 5 ingredients, no baking

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ROCKFORD WOMAN

Aug 26, 2008 @ 08:11 PM

Many magazines know we’re lazy, so they wow us with recipes that make something big with very little.

When I graduated from college, my mom handed down a few of our own family’s tricks-that-become-treats.

This one, for chocolate éclair torte, can be made with almost all fat-free or sugar-free ingredients.

Chocolate Éclair Torte:
1 box graham crackers
2 boxes French
vanilla instant
pudding
3 cups milk
1 8-ounce tub of whipped topping
1 16-ounce can of fudge frosting

Line a 9-by-13 pan with whole graham crackers. Make pudding according to directions, except use 3 cups milk instead of 4. Add the whipped topping to the pudding when it’s ready. Pour half of the pudding mix on top of the crackers. Lay down another layer of crackers and then the rest of the pudding mix. Top with crackers frosted with the fudge frosting. Best served chilled.

Jennie Pollock, who could eat a whole container of Cool Whip, can be reached at jpollock@rockfordwoman.com or 815-987-1242.