Lemon Puckers Food

JOANNE FLUKE'S PUCKER UP LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9 x 13" cake pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
• Wash the outside of your lemon and pat dry. Cut in half and juice the lemon, reserving the liquid to use later. Pick out the seeds and cut each half into four pieces.
• Put these 8 pieces along with the raisins and the pecans into a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped. That's right, you're using the entire lemon in this cake. Set this mixture aside.
• In your electric mixer bowl, add one cup of flour, the salt, baking soda, and sugar. Mix them on LOW for about 30 seconds.
• Add the second cup of flour and mix on LOW for about 30 seconds.
• Add the softened butter, the lemon extract and 3/4 cup of milk. Beat on LOW until the flour is well moistened. Then turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes.
• Shut off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Turn the mixer on LOW and add the eggs, one at a time, beating continuously. Now add the last of the milk.
• Once everything is incorporated, turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes. Turn off the mixer, remove the bowl and scrape down the sides.
• Gradually add the ground lemon, raisin and pecan mixture, folding it in gently so you don't deflate all that lovely air you just beat into the mixture.
• Pour into your prepared pan and smooth out as evenly as possible. This batter is a bit stiff.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack.
• While the cake is still warm, drizzle 1/3 cup of the fresh lemon juice over the surface of the cake. It will instantly be absorbed.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 tsp ground cinnamon until well mixed. Sprinkle this cinnamon/sugar mixture over the still warm cake.
• Optional: Sprinkle 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans on top of the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
• Let your cake cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. This will keep your cake nice and moist.
• You can serve the cake right out of the fridge or let it come to room temperature.
• It also freezes well if you wrap it in plastic wrap, then foil, and place the whole thing in a sealable freezer bag.

PUCKER-UP LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat over to 350°F.
• Grease 13x9-inch baking pan.
• In large bowl mix cake mix, gelatin, water, eggs and oil.
• Beat on low speed of mixer until combined.
• Beat on high 2 minutes until smooth.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 35-40 minutes until toothpick inserted comes clean.
• Cool on wire rack.
• Stir together powdered sugar and lemon juice, adding more water if needed to make a thinner glaze for drizzling.
• Spoon glaze over hot cake.
• Let stand until cool or serve slightly warm.

LEMON PUCKER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Crust:.
• In food processor fitted with steel blade, crush graham crackers. Gradually mix in melted butter and sugar scraping sides so butter is evenly mixed with crackers. Press mixture into 10 inch spring form pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 7 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
• Filling:.
• Cream cheese and sugar in food processor until well-blended. Add eggs and beat well. Add remainder of ingredients and blend. Pour into cooled crust. Put in a 250 degree oven and bake for 2 hours {if convection oven, bake 1-3/4 hours and test}.
• Remove and top with sour cream topping and bake 5 more minutes.
• Turn.oven off and leave in oven with door slightly ajar to cool completely very important do not miss this step!
• Cover and chill at least 8 - 24 hours. Serves 16.
• Note: I use a 9 inch spring form pan I would not use an 8 inch as I feel that it would be too much batter for that size pan. I feel that a 10 inch spring form pan would work very well if you are needing more than 16 full slices and perhaps wanting a cheesecake not as high as what a 9 inch spring form pan will provide. If using a 10 inch spring form pan I would definitely double the crust recipe from the Lemon Pucker Cheesecake recipe and this recipe would lend itself to being made 1/4 larger in ingredients for a 10 inch spring form pan only if you wanted a much larger cheesecake for a 10 inch pan. Eat and weep!

MOM'S LEMON PUCKER PIE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare or bake the pie crust of your choice.
• 2. Measure the sugar, cornstarch, and salt into a pan and whisk to mix. Slowly add the hot water stirring constantly and cook over direct heat until the mixture is thick and clear, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir. Stir ½ cup of the hot mixture into the beaten yolks then stir the yolk mixture back into the hot mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter. Add lemon peel and juice and stir until smooth. Cool and pour into baked pie shell.
• 3. Meringue: Beat egg whites with the cream of tartar until frothy. Gradually beat in the 6 Tbs. of sugar a little at a time. Beat until the meringue stands in firm, glossy, peaks. Add lemon juice and lemon peel and continue to beat a few more minutes. Spread meringue on pie making sure it touches the inner edges of the crust. Bake in a slow oven (325F) 10 minutes, or, until delicately browned. Cool.

PUCKER-UP LEMON CRUNCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Combine cookies and butter and mix well.
• spread over bottom and up sides of 9 inch deep dish pie pan to form a crust.
• Bake 10 minutes and cook completely.
• In meantime mix pudding according to package directions using milk.
• Spoon evenly into cooled crust.
• Carefully fold the crushed candies into the cool whip.
• Spread over the pie filling.
• Cover loosely and refrigerate at least 2 hours to meld flavors.