Best Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe

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Retired nurse Dorothy Pritchett of Wills Point, Texas sends a refrigerator dessert that adds sunshine to a meal's end.

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Best Layered Lemon Dessert Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min. + chilling

Yield: 12-16 Servings

25 15 40

Ingredients

6 tablespoons cold butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
FILLING:
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1-1/2 cups whipped topping
2 cups sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups water
3 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions

Cut butter into flour until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Press into an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Cool. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust; chill.
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in water until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer.
Remove from the heat.
Stir a small amount of hot filling into eggs; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat; gently stir in the vinegar, lemon juice, butter and extract. Cool to room temperature without stirring. Spread over cream cheese layer. Refrigerate for 2 hours or overnight. Yield: 12-16 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 334 calories, 15 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 69 mg cholesterol, 142 mg sodium, 48 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Layered Lemon Dessert in Taste of Home August/September 1994, p67

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Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2011 by sodenthal

This was very good. I made it for a gather I was having and for the most part, everyone loved it. I guess I'm my biggest critic, as I could still detect a bit of aftertaste from the apple cider vinegar. Perhaps if I didn't know it was in the recipe, I wouldn't have been able to detect it..other than that, VERY tasty!