Every once in a while, we stumble across something food-related that makes us stop and do a double take. Frozen lemonade pie definitely takes the cake—or shall we say, pie—for a dessert that intrigued us upon discovery and totally lived up to its hype. Its filling uses only three ingredients and is one of the most refreshing and seasonally-appropriate desserts on our current roster of must-eats.
Although there's a whole slew of recipes out there for frozen lemonade pie, we adapted a particularly great one from those Food Network gods of Southern cooking, Patrick and Gina Neely.
What You'll Need
For the Crust:
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- ¼ cup sugar
- 8 Tbsp. butter, melted
You can opt for a store-bought graham cracker crust for convenience, if you don't want to make it from scratch. If so, you can skip steps 1 and 2 below.
For the Filling:
- 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
- 12 oz. of whipped cream (store-bought or homemade)
- 6 oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, unthawed
Step 1: Mix Your Crust Ingredients
Preheat your oven to 350°F. Combine your graham cracker crumbs and melted butter in a medium-sized bowl and stir.
Step 2: Press Them into a Pie Plate
Place the mixture into a pie plate and press along the bottom and up the sides, depending upon the size of your pie plate. Bake for 8 minutes, then remove from the oven and let cool.
Step 3: Make Your Three-Ingredient Filling
Mix your whipped cream with your sweetened condensed milk in a medium-sized bowl. Once the two are folded together, add your still-frozen lemonade concentrate and gently mix. You don't want the lemonade to melt too much and make your filling overly liquid.
Step 4: Pour & Freeze
Once the filling is all mixed, pour it into your cooled pie crust and freeze for 8 hours (or overnight).
Step 5: Slice & Enjoy
Enjoy your frozen dessert topped with a bit of citrus zest, a dark chocolate decoration, or an additional dollop of whipped cream. Or, keep it simply unadorned and let the lemony flavor shine.
We love the ease and simplicity of this full-flavored Southern dessert. It reminds us of traditional icebox cakes and of how refreshing a cold lemonade is on a hot summer day.
Have any favorite no-fuss desserts you like to make during the summertime? Let us know in the comments below!
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