We are invited to my BIL and SIL's for dinner on Saturday and they asked me to bring a summer dessert.I don't want to go to the store and spend $30.00 on ingredients so I was hoping someone here would have a easy dessert I could make with regular stuff around the pantry....eveporated milk,oreo cookie crumbs,etc...


Laurel

Do you have canned peaches and crescent rolls? With 7-up, Sprite or Mountain Dew...this makes a great cobbler.

Or try www.allrecipes.com
You can list your ingredients and it will find a recipe that has them in it. Hope that helps.

strawberry shortcake? angelfood?

kansas dirt cake: i package of oreos crushed and divided in half: o stick of butter or margarine(room temp) and 8 oz cream cheese(room temp) mix these two until smooth, then add 1 cuppowdered sugar and mix. take one lrg box french vanilla instan pudding and mix according to dir. and add to the cheese mixture. then fold in 8 oz cool whip. place 1/2 of the oreos in a 9x13 pan, spread the pudding mixture over that, then top with remaining oreos. refrigerate.

For a great dessert for summer, I take some unsalted soda crackers, layer them in a 9x13 pan, top with a couple tubs (single serving) Jello pudding (vanilla) spreading it over the crackers, then add Cool Whip spreading it over the pudding, another layer of crackers, layer of pudding, layer of cool whip, layer of crackers and then top off the crackers with a pie filling such as apple or peach (you can use just about anything). Put in fridge and let sit overnight. Everything blends together well and it is almost like a strudel.

that should be 1 stick of marg or butter, sorry.

theres also crushed pretzel dessert but it requires more work. you could also try a ding dong cake. if you need that recipe let me know. it is really good too.

A simple, but delicious summer dessert:

Slices of pound cake or angel food cake, sliced fresh peaches tossed with some suga,r and fresh, lightly sweetened whipped cream.

Paula Dean has a really good Banana Pudding recipe on the Food Network website. It uses Chessman cookies, vanilla pudding, Cool Whip and bananas. It is delicious (and sinful !). You can search the FN site for the recipe. Good luck!

This may be more complicated than you want.

  Lemon Lush
This is an excellent potluck dessert. Easy to whip together and a neighborhood favorite.

Crust:
1 cup flour
1 stick margarine or butter
1/2 cup pecans
Blend margarine and flour and add finely chopped pecans. Press in the bottom of a 9x13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20minutes - set and very lightly browned.

First Layer:
Mix together and spread over cooled crust.
1 8 oz. pkg cream cheese
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cool whip from 9 oz. container

Second Layer:
Prepare two pkgs. of Instant lemon pudding with 3 cups of milk. Mix until slightly thickened and spread over cheese mixture.

Third Layer:
Top with remaining Cool Whip. 18 to 24 servings

Good ol fashion dump cake is great!

I also use bake up those peperidge farm puff pastry sheets, and then spread on them half cream cheese, half cool whip mixture, then top with fresh strawberries, etc.

Also, if you make the shells, you can just put some pudding in them and add cool whip! I add a alittle instant expresso to the chocolate pudding!

1 graham cracker pie crust
1 pkg kool-aid, unsweetend (lemon, lime, strawberry, raspberry)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 16 oz tub cool whip, thawed.

take 4oz cool whip out and reserve for topping.

mix kool-aid into remaing 12 oz of cool-whip still in cool-whip container
mix sweetend condensed milk in also.
blend well

spoon into crust. and top decoratively w/ reserved cool whip.

ready to serve immediately or chill in fridge.

side benefit -- only spoon to clean from mixing!

Thanks everyone...some great ideas!!

This one may have you going to the store, but it's super easy, quick, and not very expensive.

1 roll premade sugar cookie dough
1 8oz cream cheese
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
Fresh fruit

Press the premade sugar cookie dough into the bottom of a tart pan and bake until golden brown.

Mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and spread over the cookie crust.

Top with the fresh fruit(s) of your choice. You can mix and match or just use one type.

I don't know if this would be a light summer dessert but it's definitely a treat. Everyone loves this. I don't put the almonds on though.

Easy Toffee

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups butter
2 cups white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt 2 cups semisweet chocolate
chips
1 cup finely chopped almonds

DIRECTIONS:
1. In a large heavy bottomed saucepan, combine the butter, sugar and salt. Cook over medium heat, stirring until the butter is melted. Allow to come to a boil, and cook until the mixture becomes a dark amber color, and the temperature has reached 285 degrees F (137 degrees C). Stir occasionally.
2. While the toffee is cooking, cover a large baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
3. As soon as the toffee reaches the proper temperature, pour it out onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle the chocolate over the top, and let it set for a minute or two to soften. Spread the chocolate into a thin even layer once it is melted. Sprinkle the nuts over the chocolate, and press in slightly. Putting a plastic bag over your hand will minimize the mess.
4. Place the toffee in the refrigerator to chill until set. Break into pieces, and store in an airtight container.