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Lemon Lush

Submitted by Patricia Kennedy Ganey
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Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 20 mins
Course Cakes, Cookies and Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 6 slices

Ingredients
  

Crust - press into 9 x 13 baking dish:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 stick butter (softened)
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

Filling layer 1

  • 1 cup Cool Whip
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 8 oz cream cheese

Filing layer 2

  • 1 pkg lemon jello (large pkg, not instant)
  • 3 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 eggs (2 whole eggs or 3 yolks)

Instructions
 

Crust

  • Bake 20 minutes at 350° F. Cool.

Filling layer 1

  • Mix Cool Whip, powdered sugar, and cream cheese. Spread on cooled crust.

Filling layer 2

  • Cook lemon jello as directed, with lemon juice and eggs (or egg yolks). Cool. Pour over cheese filling layer 1. Top with remaining Cool Whip and sprinkle with crushed pecans.

Notes

Variations:
For fruit layer use 2 pints of strawberries, pinch of salt, 1/2 cup sugar, 4 tbsp. cornstarch. Cook till thick and chill.
Chocolate: 2 small pkgs. instant chocolate pudding to 3 cups milk.