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Quick and Easy Vanilla Dessert Lasagna

May 24, 2017 by TheBestDessertRecipes 9 Comments

When it comes to quick and easy desserts, you really can’t do better than a light, refreshing dessert lasagna. This spring, we’re dreaming of sweet recipes like this Vanilla Dessert Lasagna, straight from our test kitchen. Vanilla lovers, your time has come!

This easy dessert recipe layers vanilla pudding, whipped cream, cream cheese and delectable toppings like pecans and white chocolate over a sweet vanilla cookie crust. We’re fairly certain this dessert lasagna is what dreams are made of! Whether you’re celebrating Mother’s Day, throwing a baby shower or bridal shower, or just celebrating the good weather, this is spring’s must-have dessert. Vanilla is a great palette cleanser and goes well with most entrees, so you can’t go wrong! Kids and adults will love it, and it would certainly go over well at a potluck.

What inspired this sweet escape? Our Banana Split Lasagna has long captivated our readers by combining the ease of a dump dessert with a popular flavor combination. We thought we’d create another version in a more classic flavor. Once you try this easy dessert recipe, you may wonder what you ever did without dessert lasagnas. If you can’t get enough, check out this recipe even even more quick, easy, and delicious dessert lasagnas with their collection of dessert lasagna recipes!

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna

Quick and Easy Vanilla Dessert Lasagna

Serves: about 15

Ingredients

1 (11 ounce) box vanilla-flavored wafer cookies
1 cup chopped pecans
6 tablespoons melted butter
8 ounces cream cheese
¼ cup sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
3 cups whipped topping (cool whip or homemade), divided
2 (3.4 ounce boxes) French Vanilla flavored instant pudding
3 ¼ cups cold milk
½ cup white chocolate bits or pecan halves for garnish

Note: Use your favorite nuts here, but if you don’t wish to use nuts, simply omit them – there will be enough cookie crumbs to make the layers. You may substitute graham cracker crumbs – you will need 4 cups total.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350º.

2. Place cookies in a food processor to crush into crumbs or place into a plastic bag and roll with a rolling pin. Add pecans and stir. Remove 2 cups of the mixture and set aside. Add melted butter to the remaining crumbs and stir well. Press into a 9 x 13 bake dish and bake for 10 minutes, then cool completely.Vanilla Dessert Lasagna Step 1

3. Meanwhile, whip the cream cheese, sugar and milk until smooth and creamy. Fold in half of the whipped topping. Prepare the vanilla pudding by combining with the milk and stirring until completely mixed and smooth.

4. Once the bottom layer is cooled, spread the cream cheese mixture over the base.

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna Step 4

 

5. Sprinkle on about 1 cup of the remaining crumb mixture.

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna Step 4

6. Carefully spoon the pudding mixture over the crumbs, then the remaining whipped topping.

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna Step 4

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7. Finish with the last cup of the crumbs and add white chocolate bits or whole pecans for garnish.

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna Step 4

8. Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 4 hours or up to 12 hours before serving.

Vanilla Dessert Lasagna

 


Yum! Don’t forget to check out Banana Split Lasagna, if you enjoyed this recipe.


What’s your favorite flavor of dessert lasagna?
Let us know in the comments!

 

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Comments

  1. Rachel says

    April 13, 2015 at 3:35 pm

    This was such a light and fluffy dessert! The creamy vanilla flavor was rich but not overpowering. I’ll add this to my summer dessert menu for sure!

    Reply
  2. Caitlin says

    April 14, 2015 at 8:48 am

    I loved the dessert lasagna. The Nilla wafer crust was amazing! This dessert had the perfect balance of creaminess and crunchiness.

    Reply
  3. arhur says

    May 1, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    Looks and sounds like a REALLY YUMMY RECIPE!!! What is the recipe by the way!!!! WANNA TRY IT BADLY!!!!!!! 🙂

    Reply
    • TheBestDessertRecipes says

      May 4, 2015 at 8:50 am

      Hi Arhur, The recipe is right on this page! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Betty says

    June 29, 2015 at 7:47 pm

    This sounds like a dessert I would love. Can’t wait to try it. Bet this would be wonderful with lemon and even chocolate!

    Reply
  5. Julie Workman says

    April 9, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    You did not say how many cookies to buy for the vanilla Dessert Lasagna

    Reply
    • ina says

      July 9, 2016 at 7:38 am

      I box

      Reply
  6. Ruby Yoder says

    July 27, 2016 at 8:17 am

    Chocolate is the best . I use everything sugar-free for diabetic friends . sugar-free cookies, sweetener,sugar-free cool-whip . and sugar-free pudding. You cannot tell the difference.

    Reply

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