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August 2, 2018

Creamy lemonade pie, chocolate clusters, candy clusters

By Melanie Behrens

How’s your sweet tooth? See if any of these recipes will work for you.
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Creamy lemonade pie
1 can of evaporated milk
1 box of instant lemon pudding mix
2 8-oz. pkgs. cream cheese
3/4 C frozen lemonade concentrate
Pie Crust:
2-1/2 C graham cracker crumbs
1/3 C sugar
2/3 C butter, melted
Or you can use 1 gr...

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