Lemon lush
We are invited to a friend’s house for Easter dinner. I offered to bring dessert and said I’d make lemon lush. These friends were parents from my kids’ elementary school and the wife was a golf buddy of mine for years. We were surprised to find out that they moved from Palm Springs three months after we moved — and they live less than a mile away.
It’s an old recipe that I discovered in the 1980s when I worked in public relations for the Bob Hope Classic golf tournament. When the tournament was over, we’d have potluck in our meeting room for staff and volunteers. One of the wealthy woman volunteers brought in lemon lush and it was a huge hit. I asked her for the recipe. So many people asked for it that she used the copy machine and handed them to us.
I kept that recipe in my old Betty Crocker cookbook until it faded. There are tons of versions online. The one posted below is closest to the recipe that faded beyond recognition. (Tip: I use pecans instead of walnuts.)
Our friends loved lemon lush and asked for the recipe. I’m embarrassed to share it because it’s a Jello Pudding and Cool Whip recipe. But it tastes so delicious. When I’ve shared the recipe before, people look disappointed. It’s verging on embarrassment to share this with my friends! But it tastes so good — I won’t stop making it. Maybe I should throw in some fresh ingredients like lemon zest or fresh lemon juice?
I think it must be a recipe from the 1970s.
LEMON LUSH
Printed from COOKS.COM
Crust:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups ground walnuts
1 1/2 sticks of butterFilling:
8 oz cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup of Cool WhipTopping:
2 small packages instant lemon pudding
3 cups cold milkCrust:
Using a pastry cutter, combine ingredients for crust and pat into the bottom of 9×13 pan.
Bake at 325°F for 30 minutes. Let cool.
Filling:
Mix well and spread over cool baked crust. Refrigerate.
Topping:
Mix packages of lemon pudding with 3 cups of cold milk. Once mixture has thickened, pour over filling.
Top off with more Cool Whip and nuts, if desired.
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What recipe do you have that is super easy but so delicious?
As long as it tastes good, you should be proud of it
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I’ve never heard of Lemon Lush and it looks like one of those older recipes that would have been popular in the midwest. It looks pretty and if it tastes good, go for it. It’s the epitome of EZPZ, Lemon Squeezy!
It does seem midwestern, doesn’t it?
I take about 2-3 lbs. of beef short ribs, no bones, and from a thawed state, put them in a gallon sized zip bag, add a package of mushroom gravy mix (dry variety), shake the bee-jeebies out of it to thoroughly coat, add a little bourbon (or a quarter cup of water), and put in a crock pot on low for about 7 hours. As the meat cooks to fall-apart-in-your mouth ready, it soaks up the gravy mix and brings out an awesome beef flavor.
That sounds really good!
Yum! C
Oh my goodness…I have nothing to contribute, recipe-wise…but can I say YUM and YUM? 🥰
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My daughter loves what we call birds nest…cooked spaghetti, a little heavy cream and butter and egg mixed up, toss in some veggies (we like peas and cherry tomatoes and spinach) cook on stovetop for about five minutes to blend flavors, throw in some mozzarella amd Parmesan and bake for like 40 minutes….
That sounds amazing!
Yum!
You’ve shared this before and I bookmarked it! I am making this during my birthday month. 💕
It’s so good!
This looks both horrifying and amazing. I definitely will try!
That’s a great description of a 70s style dessert!
I’m shamelessly going to try this lemon 70s dessert! It looks amazing. We love fresh pesto and tortellini! Another family favorite is fettuccini noodles with butter, heavy cream, garlic, and Parmesan! It’s not even 8:00 am and I’m starving. Hugs, C
I will have to try fettuccine with heavy cream, garlic and Parmesan. You’ve made me hungry!
You had me at “lemon”
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I thought this was going to be a drink recipe from its name. It sounds like an interesting twist on cheese cake. I love that it’s such a hit!
It does have a drink name!
No fair, I was doing so good today, now I have a new craving. Looks great.
My husband and I trade off on making dinner. He is a good cook. I learned from my mom and he had training from the military and won a few design contests. Now he does over the garden design as you know. He just posted pics of our fire pit to be soon! An easy recipe I like for keto is fat bombs where I easily estimate the cream cheese, peanut butter, a little coconut oil, some stevia, mix and roll into balls…then freeze for 2 hours. Take out and melt bitter chocolate with a touch of stevia, dip the balls in chocolate and freeze again. A quick and very low carb dessert!
That sounds yummy!
Thank you. Keto is big on fat, so the cream cheese, peanut butter add the fat.
I love simple recipes!
It’s so light and refreshing!
I printed it out . That site is very vintage looking .
I’ve looked for the recipe online since my old xeroxed one faded. There are many sites with the recipe on it, but this one looks closest to my old one.
Love lemon! The easier the better in my opinion!
That’s a great way to look at it 😊
Always love lemon dessert.
It’s so good. I will add fresh squeezed lemon to the recipe. I’m thinking about lemon zest, too.
I have a go-to 5 ingredient appetizer recipe I’ve used for so many years that I pretty much still have it memorized. It’s called Chili Cheese Squares so clearly is not low cholesterol. It came from a cookbook published by my favorite employer, TRW. It was called On The Eating Edge. It breaks my heart that I lost it somewhere amongst all my moves over the many years since I left the Tonka Rocket Works aka Truly Really Wonderful.
Can you share what the five ingredients are?
This looks amazing!
It’s delicious!