Gifts from the Kitchen, Sunshine & Lazy Lemon Pie

the Painted Apron

8 years ago

Last week we had 3 days of torrential rain on the coast so I created some sunshine inside with daisies, lemons

and jars of lemon pie 🍋

I saw jars of lemon pie over at Miz Helen’s Country Cottage and thought they looked like wonderful treats

Some good friends just treated me to a special dinner, and I wanted to make these to give them for a thank you treat

But then I got lazzzy 😴 and some life happened, and I sent a card instead…

And then I finally had a chance to make them

I made a very simple version, Lazy Lemon Pie

Crumble cookies into a jar, top with lemon curd, fill with Cool Whip and sprinkle with lemon zest

I set a sunny little table for 2 so ~~I wouldn’t look so lazy~~ we could enjoy our pie in style

You’d never even know it was raining 💦

Wouldn’t these pies be great on a picnic too?

Lazy Lemon Pie

This shortcut dessert is a snap to make and enjoy any time!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Keyword dessert, easy dessert, lemon curd, lemon pie, pie in a jar

Prep Time 5

Servings 6

Equipment

6 small jars, about 8 oz. or 1 cup each

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups lemon curd {10 oz jar}
1 package Pepperidge Farm Chessmen or shortbread cookies
8 oz Cool Whip, thawed
1 T fresh lemon zest per serving

Instructions

Crumble 2-3 cookies into each jar. .
Top with 2-3 T lemon curd.
Fill jars the rest of the way with Cool Whip
Sprinkle with zest. Put lids on jars and refrigerate up to 1 week.

Notes

Decorate jar lids with cupcake papers and ribbons for an extra touch and sit jars in a fancy cupcake paper for serving

Variation: Make this in a regular pie dish or baking dish if desired

Pop over to Miz Helen’s every Thursday for her delicious weekly party and see her recipe for No Bake Lemon Pie Jars here

Juicy details

Picnic Basket/makeover tutorial here

Painting Lemons/painting tutorial here

Psst! Don’t used canned whipped cream unless serving immediately!

I tried these with canned whipped cream and whole Sandies cookies, spreading the curd on the cookies and layering them in the jar…the cream deflated after a few hours and the cookies never softened at all. The canned whipped cream will work if you serve this immediately and crumble the cookies well