Luscious Lemon Delight
This classic, layered lemon dessert is easy to make, and will take you right back to your childhood.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cool whip, layered dessert, Lemon Delight
Servings: 12
Calories: 282 kcal
Author: Jackie Currie
Lemon Delight Layers:
Cream Cheese and Layer:
Lemon Pudding Layer:
Recipe Notes
Combine flour, chopped pecans and melted butter. Make sure your pecans are either ground or chopped very finely. This will produce a crust that holds together nicely. Stir these three ingredients until well-blended and crumbly. Press this mixture into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Cool completely. Making your Layers Cream Cheese and Layer: With electric beaters, mix the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in 1 cup of Cool Whip or homemade Cool Whip, and spread over crust. Note: If the crust for your lemon delight crust crumbles and separates when you're spreading the cream cheese and cool whip layer over it, don't panic. Lemon Pudding Layer: Whisk together the pudding packets and milk. Add lemon juice, and continue to stir until thick. Spread pudding mixture over cream cheese layer. Cool Whip Layer: Spoon remaining Cool Whip over the pudding. Sprinkle a dusting of chopped pecans over the Cool Whip. Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cool whip, layered dessert, Lemon Delight
Servings: 12
Calories: 282 kcal
Author: Jackie Currie
Ingredients
Pecan Crust- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup pecans ground or finely chopped
- 1/4 cup butter melted
Lemon Delight Layers:
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- 2½ Cups thawed Cool Whip link to homemade Cool Whip recipe below
- 2 small pkgs instant lemon pudding approx 99 grams each
- 1 tbsp lemon juice optional for extra tartness
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup icing sugar aka powdered sugar or confectioners sugar
- 3 tbsp finely chopped pecans for topping
Instructions
Crust- Combine flour, chopped pecans and melted butter.
- Make sure your pecans are either ground or chopped very finely so crust holds together nicely.
- Stir together until well-blended and crumbly.
- Press into a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes and let cool completely
Cream Cheese and Layer:
- With electric beaters, mix the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and creamy.
- Fold in 1 cup of Cool Whip and spread this mixture over crust, working slowly if crust crumbles easily.
Lemon Pudding Layer:
- Whisk together the pudding packets and milk.
- Add lemon juice and continue to stir until thick.
- Spread pudding mixture over cream cheese layer.
- Cool Whip Layer:
- Spoon remaining Cool Whip over the pudding layer
- Sprinkle a with finely chopped pecans.
- Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.
Recipe Notes
Combine flour, chopped pecans and melted butter. Make sure your pecans are either ground or chopped very finely. This will produce a crust that holds together nicely. Stir these three ingredients until well-blended and crumbly. Press this mixture into a 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Cool completely. Making your Layers Cream Cheese and Layer: With electric beaters, mix the cream cheese and icing sugar until smooth and creamy. Fold in 1 cup of Cool Whip or homemade Cool Whip, and spread over crust. Note: If the crust for your lemon delight crust crumbles and separates when you're spreading the cream cheese and cool whip layer over it, don't panic. Lemon Pudding Layer: Whisk together the pudding packets and milk. Add lemon juice, and continue to stir until thick. Spread pudding mixture over cream cheese layer. Cool Whip Layer: Spoon remaining Cool Whip over the pudding. Sprinkle a dusting of chopped pecans over the Cool Whip. Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving.
Please visit here: https://happyhooligans.ca/luscious-lemon-delight-an-easy-to-make-layered-dessert/