Easy Vanilla Slice

This would have to be one of the easiest vanilla slice recipes, and it tastes great!  For a little extra kick of flavour, I like to add a few drops of passion fruit flavouring to the icing.

You will need:

• 2 sheets puff pastry
• 300ml thickened cream
• 2 x 100g packets instant vanilla pudding mix
• 2 cups (500ml) milk
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar (185g)
• 1 tablespoon soft butter
• 2 tablespoons boiling water

Preheat the oven to 180c.  Put pastry sheets onto two lightly greased baking trays & prick all over with a fork.  Bake for 20 minutes, until they are puffed and golden brown.  Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
Whip cream with electric beater until soft peaks form, put aside in the fridge.  Put vanilla pudding mix and milk in another bowl and stir using  wire whisk until thickened.  Quickly fold the whipped cream into the pudding mix then spread over the top side of one of the pastry sheets.  Put the other sheet on top, flat side up.
Sift icing sugar into a bowl and stir in the butter and  water.  Spread over the top of the slice.
Serves 16.

We made this recipe for $6.56, equaling only $0.41 per slice.
*Recipe cost is based on Woolworths prices in metropolitan Adelaide on 05/02/13, using the cheapest available ingredients.