Cooking with Kids: Lemonade Pie

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Happy Labor Day! It’s amazing that summer is already over, and fall is about to start. Hubby and Buddy made an amazing lemonade pie together this summer, and I wanted to share the recipe while it still feels summery outside.

Hubby loves to make desserts, and he often experiments with different types of pies. He came across this recipe for Lemonade Pie on Desserts Corner You Tube page. It was so easy and delicious, that the second time he made it, he let Buddy help.

Here are the needed ingredients:

For the Lemonade Pie

  • 1 5 oz can Evaporated milk
  • 1 3.4oz box of instant lemon pudding mix, one small box
  • 2 8oz packages of cream cheese
  • ¾ cup frozen lemonade concentrate

For the Pie Crust

  • 2⅔ cup graham cracker crumbs
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter, melted

Buddy and Hubby made the pie crust first. They broke up graham crackers and threw them into the food processor. Then Hubby let Buddy press the buttons to blend them. You could also throw them into a gallon ziplock and crush with a rolling pin. 

Then, they measured ⅓ cup of sugar and ½ cup melted butter and mixed them together. 

Once everything was mixed, they pushed it into a deep dish pie dish. They actually used a deep dish pizza dish, but it could also be done with a regular deep dish pie plate. When the pie crust is done, it needs to bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Then it has to cool entirely before the pie can be made and added.

Buddy needed to nap during the pie part of the process, but it is easy enough that he could have helped if he was awake. Hubby mixed together the can of evaporated milk and lemon pudding and set it aside. Then he whipped cream cheese with a mixer until it was light and fluffy. Next, he gradually added the lemonade concentrate to the cream cheese. Then he mixed it with the pudding and put it into the cooled pie crust. The recipe says to refrigerate it for at least 4 hours, but we have found that at least 24 hours is needed, and it gets firmer and better every day after. We like to top ours with fresh strawberries.

The flavor is so lemony and delicious! We all love it! It is a new favorite at our house, and I hope we’ll have it again before apple pie season starts.

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