Lemon Icebox Pudding

Total Time: 23 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup evaporated milk
• 1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 6 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons grated lemons, rind of
• 1 cup vanilla wafer crumbs
• 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
• 3 tablespoons melted butter

Recipe

• 1 chill evaporated milk for several hours.
• 2 sprinkle gelatin over 1/3 cup cold water; let sit 5 minutes.
• 3 in the top of a double boiler, beat egg yolks and sugar until very light; add lemon juice.
• 4 cook over boiling water until thickened, 2-3 minutes.
• 5 add lemon peel.
• 6 stir in gelatin.
• 7 cool until syrupy.
• 8 beat egg whites to form stiff peaks.
• 9 fold egg whites into cooled gelatin mixture.
• 10 whip chilled milk until light.
• 11 fold milk gently into gelatin mixture.
• 12 blend cookie crumbs, nuts and melted butter.
• 13 sprinkle 1/3 of crumbs into the bottom of an 8" square pan.
• 14 spoon 1/2 of the lemon mixture over the crumbs.
• 15 repeat; end with the last 1/3 of the crumbs.
• 16 chill until firm.