This Lemon Lush from Scratch will rock your world! A buttery crust is topped with sweetened cream cheese, homemade lemon pie filling and whipped cream. One of the best lemon desserts ever!
You might be thinking you’ve had this dessert before. I’m willing to bet this lemon lush from scratch tastes way better.
That’s because I took Mom’s version, with all her improvements to the average lemon lush recipe, and added a thick layer of lemon pie filling from scratch to replace the boxed pudding. Plus, I added fresh whipped cream in place of frozen whipped topping.
The results blew our minds. Two thumbs up from Mom, Dad my hubby, my son and my brother… who said this might be the best dessert I’ve ever made.
OH YES…. HOW I LOVE ANYTHING LEMON AND THIS IS THE LEMON BOMB….YUM )
LEMON LUSH
1 stick butter – melted
1 cup flour
1 1/2 cup pecans – chopped (reserve 3/4 cup for topping)
1 16 oz. container Cool Whip
8 oz. cream cheese – softened
1 cup sugar
2 boxes Lemon Instant Pudding – regular size (made to directions and refrigerated)
Directions:
Making 4 layers in a 9 x 13 glass dish
1st layer – butter, flour and 3/4 cup pecans mixed together and pressed into the bottom of glass dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 – 15 min until light brown. COOL completely.
2nd layer – cream cheese, sugar and 1 cup Cool Whip. Blend until creamy and spread over 1st layer.
3rd layer – Lemon pudding (made to box directions) spread evenly over 2nd layer.
4th layer – extra Cool Whip spread evenly over 3rd layer and topped with remaining pecans.
Cover and refrigerate for several hours before serving
NOTE: For people allergic to nuts… use a Keebler® Ready Crust® Shortbread Pie Crust OR Keebler® Ready Crust® Graham Pie Crust for 1st layer.Buy two and use the extra shortbread pie crust OR graham for the topping.
You can also make this with chocolate pudding/graham crust/chocolate curls, pistachio/chocolate crust/chopped pistachios, candy cane/chocolate crust/crushed peppermint, banana cream/ nilla crust/sliced banana’s, butterscotch/ graham crust/ butterscotch chips , pumpkin spice/ginger bread crust, strawberry cream/ graham crust/ fresh strawberry, oreo/chocolate crust/crushed oreos, coconut cream/shortbread crust/toasted coconut, cheesecake/graham crust/cherry topping
Be creative and
Enjoy!
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