Lemon Lush

It's been pretty hot here lately so I wanted a dessert that is simple and tastes just like Summer time!  And this is it!  There's a few steps, but really, you can just do each step, and go about your daily activities until its time for the next one.  And it's worth it, trust me on this one! 

Ingredients:

- 2 cups Flour
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 bag of Walnuts, chopped (about 1 cup or so)
- 2 (8oz) pkgs Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 cup Sugar
- 2 pkgs INSTANT Lemon Pudding Mix
- 3 1/2 cups Milk
- 1 (12oz) container of Whipped Cream

Directions:

1.  Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.  Toss your flour and butter and walnuts into a medium sized bowl and use a pastry cutter (or fork if you don't have one!) to cut in the butter and nuts. 

2.  Press the crust into a 13X9inch pan and bake about 25 minutes until golden brown.  Allow crust to cook COMPLETELY!

3.  Once your crust is cool, place your cream cheese and sugar into a bowl (you can use the same one...why dirty up?) and mix together until smooth.  Smooth this mixture carefully and evenly over your crust and refrigerate for at least an hour. 

4.  Now you can begin to make the pudding mixture.  Open up your lemon pudding boxes and toss them into a bowl.  Add the milk and begin whisking away until you've got nice, thick pudding.  Pour that over the cream cheese mixture.  Allow your dish to cool again for another hour in the fridge. 

5.  Now, right before you're ready to serve, spread the entire container of whipped cream over the top of your dessert.

Here's the final product.....

This was so refreshing!  It tastes just like Lemon Meringue pie, except without all that hard work!  I recommend you try this one soon!