Almost Napoleans

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 16 low-sodium club crackers
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
• water
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1 (6 ounce) package cook and serve vanilla pudding mix, prepared with
• 1 1/2 cups milk (instead of 2 cups)

Recipe

• 1 fill a 13 x 9 pan with 1/2 inch water.
• 2 layer 4 crackers in a single layer in water allow to soak briefly.
• 3 (have extra cracker on hand. the cracker must be wet but not fall apart).
• 4 lift the wet crackers onto a greased cookie sheet.
• 5 leave about 1 inch between them.
• 6 (they swell).
• 7 bake in preheated oven set@ 500 degrees for 5 minutes.
• 8 using a gentle push-scrape motion place a spatula under a cracke.
• 9 if it is still soft leave in oven set@ 450 degrees for 5 more minutes.
• 10 watch carefully so they don't become too dark or too brittle.
• 11 when cracker are dray and golden and can be lifted in one piece, they are done.
• 12 lift carefully onto cooling racks.
• 13 when cool place 4 crackers on serving plate.
• 14 spread generously with pdding.
• 15 cover with crackers and pudding ending with a cracker.
• 16 frosting: mix 1/4 cup confectioners sugar with water until thick glaze consistency.
• 17 spread over crackers and allow to harden.
• 18 mix 1/4 cup confectioners sugar, cocoa and water until thick glaze consistency.
• 19 drizzle over hardened vanilla frosting in zig zag pattern.
• 20 chill and serve.