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Frozen Lemon Dessert

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 3/10/14Updated: 1/21/21

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Frozen Lemon Dessert


It’s the 10th day of the month, so I’ve gathered my creative blogging friends, and we came up with a PASTEL theme to create projects around, since SPRING is upon us! This begins our 11th month with this collaboration. We had so much fun with it the past 10 months, we decided to take it another round. One friend needed to part ways, so we added the amazingly talented Chelsea from Two Twenty One to the mix. If you’ve missed the past ten months of fun, please check them out!

For now, get into the spring mode with PASTELS!

Pastel Spring projects and recipes

Join the BLOG HOP and “hop” on over to view the other projects up close. If you happen to come upon a broken link, just click HOME on each site to view the project.

From top left, moving down row by row:

Cadbury Mini Egg Cookie Dough Brownie by Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke

Yummy Spring Cookies + Cute Printable Tag by Thirty Handmade Days

Easy Burlap Easter Bunnies by Landeelu

Friendship Gift Tags by Simply Kierste

Easter Egg Cookies by Two Twenty One

Spring Easter Egg Sign Decor by Lolly Jane

DIY Color Blocked Necklace by Eighteen25

Polaroid Spring Banner by Little Miss Momma

Frozen Lemon Dessert by Your Homebased Mom

Patchwork Easter Egg Craft by Or So She Says

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Now for my project:

My love affair with lemon has pretty much been a life long one.  At least as far back as I can remember.  So when I found out the Blog Hop theme for this month was pastel and my favorite pastel color is yellow I knew I had to share a lemon dessert. This recipe may just be the reason for my life long lemon love affair.  It is the first lemon dessert I remember eating and I can’t believe I have never shared it on the blog before.  The recipe belongs to my Grandma Zola and has been in my recipe collection for decades.  I think it was probably my mother though that made it for me the first time and I made it often in the early years of our marriage.  But for some reason, probably too many good recipes, it has been many years since I have made it. Every time I look through the collection of family recipes my daughter put together I see it and it always reminds me of my Grandma Zola.

Frozen Lemon Dessert
Frozen Lemon Dessert
frozen lemon dessert
Frozen Lemon Dessert
Frozen Lemon Dessert

I am excited to finally share it with you today.  It is a nice light, very refreshing dessert and comes together quickly and easily.  One of the other things I love about this recipe is it is made with vanilla wafers – another favorite from childhood! The process to put it together is easy.  You start with a layer of ground up vanilla wafers on the bottom of your pan.   You cook the egg yolks, lemon juice and sugar until it thickens and then combine it with whipped egg whites and whipped cream.  Spread it over the vanilla wafer crust and then sprinkle with more vanilla wafers.  Freeze for 3-4 hours or until ready to serve. It is perfect for a warm spring or summer day and would be a lovely dessert to serve for Easter dinner or brunch.  The only downside to it is it only makes a 8 x 8 or about 6-9 servings so you may need to double it for a 9 x 13 pan. Just be warned eating this dessert may start a life long love affair with lemon for you too!  I can think of worse things.

For other lemon goodness check out these recipes:

Lemon Ice Cream

Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Angel Pie

Frozen Lemon Bars Recipe

4.5 from 6 votes

Frozen Lemon Dessert

Recipe From: Leigh Anne Wilkes
Frozen lemon bars
serves: 9 servings
Prep:15 minutes
Cook:0 minutes
Total:3 hours 15 minutes
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Ingredients

  • 3 eggs separate yolks and whites
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 C heavy whipping cream
  • 1/2 C crushed vanilla wafers

Instructions

  • Mix together yolks, sugar and lemon juice in a pan and stir over low heat until thick. Approx. 4-5 minutes
  • Remove from heat and cool.
  • Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into cooked mixture.
  • Whip cream and fold into above mixture
  • Spread 2/3 of the vanilla wafer crumbs over bottom of an ungreased 8 x 8 or 9 x 9 pan.
  • Pour in lemon mixture
  • Sprinkle with remaining crumbs.
  • Freeze

Nutrition Facts:

Calories: 185kcal (9%) Carbohydrates: 17g (6%) Protein: 3g (6%) Fat: 12g (18%) Saturated Fat: 7g (44%) Cholesterol: 91mg (30%) Sodium: 56mg (2%) Potassium: 50mg (1%) Fiber: 1g (4%) Sugar: 13g (14%) Vitamin A: 468IU (9%) Vitamin C: 2mg (2%) Calcium: 25mg (3%) Iron: 1mg (6%)
* Disclaimer: All nutrition information are estimates only. Read full disclosure here.
Course:Dessert
Cuisine:American
Keyword:frozen lemon bars
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  1. Landee says

    Posted on 3/10 at 9:46 am

    Amazing! I must try every lemon treat I come across so I’ll definitely be making this. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 10:04 am

      Thanks! Hope you enjoy it. I am a lemon addict too!

      Reply
  2. Kim Harkins says

    Posted on 3/10 at 7:42 am

    There is no recipe attacjed

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 8:12 am

      It’s there now Kim – sorry about that.

      Reply
  3. Megan says

    Posted on 3/10 at 7:35 am

    Maybe this page just isn’t loading right on my tablet, but I can’t see a recipe at all — just photos. What are the amounts of the ingredients? In the description, you don’t specify when the lemon juice gets added, so I was planning to watch for it in the recipe but then couldn’t find it. 🙂

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    • Karen says

      Posted on 3/10 at 7:46 am

      Same here. Not finding an actual recipe. How many Nilla Wafers for each part of the recipe? How many eggs? How long does it take for the egg yolks and sugar to thicken, approximately, and at what temperature should the burner be? Does the pan require a light greasing, or do the slices come out easily because they’re frozen? Thanks so much in advance for your help!

      Reply
      • Leigh Anne says

        Posted on 3/10 at 8:12 am

        Karen, Sorry for some reason the recipe didn’t save – it is there now.

        Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 8:13 am

      Megan, It’s not your tablet’s fault. For some reason the recipe did’t save but it’s there now.

      Reply
  4. capturing joy with kristen duke says

    Posted on 3/10 at 7:23 am

    Sounds so delicious, I love the step by step in pictures! Pinning!!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 10:04 am

      Thanks Kristen!

      Reply
  5. Lolly Jane says

    Posted on 3/10 at 7:22 am

    You and Mique are on the same page: lemon! I need to get sampling that page, lol, I love anything lemon related! These look perfect, LA!! Mmmm….

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/10 at 10:05 am

      We totally are! Lemon girls!!

      Reply
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