Frozen Lemon Crunch

(from marathonermom’s recipe box)

Source: RecipeThing user sanzohoushi

Categories: Desserts, Lemon

Ingredients

  • 1/4 C butter
  • 1/3 C brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 C Wheaties or other crunchy flake cereal
  • 3 eggs, separate yolks and whites
  • 1/2 C sugar
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 C whipping cream

Directions

  1. Cook together butter and brown sugar on medium heat until the hard crack stage, stirring constantly

  2. Take off heat and add to Wheaties

  3. Stir and crumble; set aside

  4. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, and grate off the very top layer of the rind, being careful not to grate too deeply; set aside

  5. In a medium bowl, beat the egg whites into a medium stiff foam

  6. Beat in sugar and egg yolks

  7. In a small bowl beat the whipped cream until just before it stiffens (it should still pour easily)

  8. Add lemon juice, grated rind, and whipping cream to the sugar and egg mixture, and stir until well mixed

  9. Put 1/2 of the crumble in 8×8 dish

  10. Pour lemon mixture into the dish and top with remaining crumble

  11. Freeze until set

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