For Marlene who will be feeding 160 people at a dinner here are a couple of suggestions. Do you have a recipe for Lemon Lush? It's all done ahead of time and every time I make it everyone loves it. If you want to make it even faster you could use the premade shortbread crust in pie plates. I don't know how many pies it would make but at least two, I'm not sure if it would be enough for three. My other suggestion is to make Dump Cake. It's very simple, quick, done ahead of time and everyone loves it. You could make two kinds if you wanted to, one with cherry pie filling and one with apple filling. For either flavor be sure to top it with ice cream. Either dessert is made in a 9 x 13 pan so you'd need about 11 pans and it would need to stay in the pans until you were ready to put the dessert on plates. Betty in ME.

Lemon Lush
serves 12-15 people

1/2 cup of confectioner's sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup butter, softened
1/2 co. finely chopped nuts

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1 co. powdered sugar
1 co. Cool Whip (part of a container of Cool Whip, the rest is used on top)

2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant lemon
pudding mix (some people like butterscotch)
2 1/2 cups milk

the rest of the container of Cool Whip, 8 - 12 oz size.
sprinkle with chopped nuts if desired or leave half without

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and butter using a pastry cutter until a ball forms. Press into the bottom of a 9x13 inch baking dish.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly golden. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.

In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar together until smooth and well blended, then blend in Cool Whip. Spread evenly over the cooled crust. In another bowl, whisk together the lemon pudding mix and milk for 3 to 5 minutes. Spread over the cream cheese layer. Chill until set, then top with whipped topping, and nuts if desired.
Betty in ME.

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