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Try this super simple one-serving lemon cheesecake to satisfy your dessert cravings!

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • 2 lemons
  • Ginger cookies (such as Speculoos) or graham crackers

Method

  1. Place cream cheese (e.g. Philadelphia) in a mixing bowl.
  2. Add powdered sugar.
  3. Beat ingredients together.
  4. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze the juice of one half into the mixture.
  5. Mix well.
  6. Cut the top and bottom off of a lemon and hollow.
  7. Fill the hollowed-out lemon with the whipped mixture.
  8. Crush ginger cookies and sprinkle the crumbles on top.
  9. Serve and enjoy!

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  • 2 1/2 Cups Sugar
  • 1 Cup Cooking Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
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  • 2-4 ripe peaches
  • 3 tbs butter
  • 1/4 tsp salt
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4.4/5 (16 Votes)

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  • 1 package of brownie mix
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 cup pecans or walnuts chopped
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4.1/5 (25 Votes)

Named for the famous ballerina Anna Pavlova, this delicate lemon pavlova is simply divine.

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  • 1 (16 oz) can crushed pineapple (juice and fruit)
  • 1 (20 oz)can cherry pie filling
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4.3/5 (12 Votes)

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Mix first together

  • 1 Bowl:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 Bowl:
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
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  • 1 Stick of butter cut into pieces
  • 1 cup of Sugar
  • 1 cup of Self Rising Flour
  • 1 cup of Milk
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4/5 (11 Votes)

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roast marshmallow

  • gram crackers
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4/5 (8 Votes)

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This is a personal creation

  • 1 cup butter- 1 cup brown sugar packed- 3to4 pkgs graham crackers- 1/2 to 1 cup coconut- 1 to2 cups milk chocolate chips.1 tsp vanilla extract.
4/5 (6 Votes)

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  • 1 Pkg 3oz of Jell-o Pistachio instant Pudding
  • 1 9oz Cool Whip
  • 1 lb Can of Crushed Pinapple
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