• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 10 cup peeled and sliced fuji apples
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 tablespoon cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• 3.4 oz. package instant vanilla pudding mix
• 1 1/4 cup milk
• 1 1/2 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 tablespoons chopped walnuts

In large skillet, melt butter; add apples.  Sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over apples.  Cook until apples are soft.  Dissolve cornstarch in water; stir into apples.  Cook until thickened.  Pour into 8″ x 8″ pan.  Stir together pudding mix and milk; beat two minutes.  Spread pudding mixture over apples.  Spread whipped topping over pudding mixture; sprinkle walnuts over top.

(Linda Isley, Rhodes)