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Sunday, August 30, 2015

Slice Of Lemon Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 8
  • 2 9-inch pie shells
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 large lemon
  • 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

  • 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees press one of the pie crusts into a pie pan.
  • 2 combine the 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
  • 3 cream the butter into the sugar mixture gradually, mixing thoroughly.
  • 4 reserve 1 teaspoon of egg and set aside.
  • 5 beat the eggs well and add to the sugar mixture, blending until smooth.
  • 6 grate 1 teaspoon of rind from the lemon.
  • 7 then peel the lemon and slice into paper thin slices, removing all seeds as you go.
  • 8 add the grated lemon rind and the water to the egg/sugar mixture and blend thoroughly.
  • 9 gently mix in the lemon slices to the pie filling, and pour the filling into the pie crust.
  • 10 top with the second pie crust, and fold the edges of the top crust under the edge of the lower crust.
  • 11 seal and flute the edge.
  • 12 cut 3 or 4 small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
  • 13 brush the top with the reserved egg , avoiding the slits.
  • 14 sprinkle the top with the sugar and cinnamon.
  • 15 bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until the top is a luscious golden brown.

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