Dirt Salad - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb Oreo cookies (or Hydrox, store brand, etc.)
1 quart premium vanilla ice cream, softened
1/2 cup milk
2 (3 1/2 ounce) boxes instant pistachio pudding mix (or your favorite flavor)
1 pint whipping cream (or you may use Cool Whip and skip the whipping cream, sugar & vanilla)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Crumble Oreo cookies (not too fine).
Line a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with half of the cookies. Place in freezer while preparing remaining ingredients.
Mix with mixer: milk, softened ice cream and pudding. Put the mixture in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, whip the whipping cream, adding 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoons vanilla.
Spread the pudding mix on top of the cookies in pan, careful to keep the cookies from sliding.
Carefully spread on whipped cream, then top with remaining cookie crumbs.
Keep refrigerated.