Ambrosia Squares - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 9-inch graham cracker crust
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 (250 g) package cream cheese, softened
3 cups milk
1 (6 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
1 (10 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, drained
2 medium bananas, sliced
1 envelope prepared dream whip dessert topping
2 cups coconut, toasted (I find 1 cup enough)

Preparation

Prepare graham crumb crust recipe, adding nuts to mixture.
Press firmly into 13 x 9\" pan.
Chill.
Beat cream cheese until soft.
Gradually add 1/2 c of the milk, beat until smooth.
In seperate bowl, prepare pudding mix as directed on pkg using the remaining 2 1/2 cups milk.
Add prepared pudding to cream cheese mixture in three additions, beating on low speed.
Fold in oranges.
Layer bananas on crust.
Spoon pudding mixture over bananas, spread prepared dessert topping evenly over pudding mixture.
Sprinkle with toasted coconut.
Chill 4 hours.
Cut into squares.
(for toasted coconut, I usually just put under broiler for a minute or 2 and stir a couple of times, others may choose to'bake' it first).