Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake
No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake brings together graham cracker crumbs, lemon jell-o, and cream cheese. Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 25 min
- Total
- 25 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 10 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes · Total: 30 minutes or less
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Plan the chilling step
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
2. Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
3. Leave room for the cooling step
The cooling step comes before another part of the finish. Set the food aside as the method directs and keep that pause in mind before cutting, coating or putting the final parts together.
Get to know the ingredients
Graham cracker crumbs
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Combine graham cracker crumbs and sugars in a medium-sized bowl.
Lemon jell-o
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Pour Lemon Jello gelatin mix into 1 cup very hot water and stir well.
Cream cheese
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Place in refrigerator or freezer while you prepare cheesecake filling.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 13 steps completeMake room for No-Bake Lemon Cheesecake
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: If desired, top with whipped cream before cutting and serving. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Watch the texture as you whip
Use the texture described in the whipping step as your guide. Keep checking the mixture as it changes, and move on when it reaches the point the recipe calls for.
Fold in at the stated step
Have the ingredient for folding in ready before you need it. Follow that mixing step as written, rather than putting every ingredient into the bowl at the start.
Set out the finishing ingredient
Keep the finishing ingredient within reach while the main preparation is going on. Add it at the step in the method so the last job is easy to complete.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Read the first preparation step before you get going: Combine graham cracker crumbs and sugars in a medium-sized bowl.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: If desired, top with whipped cream before cutting and serving.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
Use the texture described in the whipping step as your guide. Keep checking the mixture as it changes, and move on when it reaches the point the recipe calls for.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Spend With Pennies. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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