Blueberry Yum Yum is a no bake layered dessert with a lemony, buttery shortbread cookie base, sweetened cream cheese, blueberry pie filling all topped with whipped topping and recent blueberries!
A NO BAKE DESSERT
I really like summer season as a result of it means now we have all of the recent blueberries! Contemporary blueberries are excellent for making desserts like this Blueberry Yum Yum. With such recent flavors and light-weight flavors, you possibly can’t go incorrect with this no bake desserts. You solely want about 10 minutes to whip it up after which simply watch for it to sit back. That’s the toughest a part of the entire dessert.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Sure, though the shortbread cookie base finest enhances the blueberry filling and lemon, it’s also possible to attempt graham crackers or vanilla wafers.
I at all times get requested this, and when you didn’t know, for each recipe on the market that makes use of whipped topping (Cool Whip) you possibly can substitute selfmade whipped cream. Simply keep in mind that it doesn’t keep as stabilized so long as whipped topping which is why lots of recipes use whipped topping. So, when you gained’t eat all of it immediately, it’s going to begin to break down lots sooner.
After all! Look, you may make this recipe as straightforward or as exhausting as you want – completely as much as you. I’ve a Selfmade Blueberry Pie Filling recipe on this website if you wish to use that.
As an alternative of blueberry filling, you could possibly attempt peach pie filling, cherry filling, strawberry filling or apple pie filling.
Sure, you could possibly lower this in half fairly simply and make it in an 8×8-inch or 9×9-inch baking dish.
When slicing no bake desserts, make sure that they keep chilled till able to serve. Because the layers deflate over time, it’s going to develop into messier. One thing else I love to do is heat the blade of the knife and wipe it clear in between every pas by means of the dessert.
Any leftover blueberry yum yum must be saved within the fridge, coated in plastic wrap, and eaten inside 3 days. The crust will soften the longer it’s saved, so it’s finest to eat it inside a day or two.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- Lorna Doone cookies– or use one other shortbread cookie to make crushed cookie crumbs.
- unsalted butter – you need to use salted if that’s all you will have. There’s solely a 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a stick salted butter so it won’t throw off the flavour right here.
- recent lemon juice– seize a lemon from the shop. You’ll want the freshly squeezed lemon juice and the zest. The bottled stuff actually throws off the flavour.
- cream cheese– room temperature. Use my Tricks to Soften Cream Cheese Rapidly if wanted.
- powdered sugar
- lemon zest – that is optionally available however these lemon and blueberry flavors actually work so nicely with one another.
- pure vanilla extract
- whipped topping – like Cool Whip. You can also make your individual Selfmade Whipped Cream when you’re actually against whipped topping. Simply understand it doesn’t keep as stabilized as whipped topping and can break down faster.
- blueberry pie filling – use retailer purchased or make your individual Selfmade Blueberry Pie Filling.
- recent blueberries – these are optionally available, I simply suppose they add nice shade and type of give of us an concept of what’s on this dessert earlier than digging in.
HOW TO MAKE BLUEBERRY YUM YUM:
Place the crushed cookie crumbs right into a mixing bowl and add the melted butter and lemon juice. Stir till nicely mixed.
Switch the crumbs to an ungreased 9 x 13-inch baking dish and press them to kind a stable, even layer. Put aside.
In a big mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese with a hand-held mixer till mild and fluffy. Add the powdered sugar, lemon zest, and vanilla extract and beat till easy.
Add one container of the whipped topping to the cream cheese combination and proceed beating till nicely mixed. Unfold the cream cheese combination over the cookie base, smoothing it out with a smooth silicone spatula.
Add the blueberry filling on prime of the cream cheese layer. Dollop the second container of whipped topping over the blueberry layer and unfold it evenly with an offset spatula.
Garnish with blueberries and permit to sit back within the fridge in a single day earlier than serving.
Serve and revel in.
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Energy: 389kcal | Carbohydrates: 61g | Protein: 3g | Fats: 15g | Sodium: 146mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 45g
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