Instructions: Bake pie shell for 5 minutes. remove from the oven and pour mixture of melted butter, brown sugar and pecans into pie shell. return to oven for 5 minutes; cool. make vanilla pudding according to directions on package for pie filling. pour pie filling over the top of pecan mixture, reserving 1 cup of pie filling. cool reserved pie filling, then add half the carton of cool whip and stir. pour this over the pie filling already in pie shell; cool in refrigerator. use remaining cool whip on the top of pie and garnish with whole pecan halves. chill thoroughly before serving.

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