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Lemon Pie Recipe
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It's lemon season! We can find very good lemons year round these days, but this time of year is the beginning of the peak season for them. I'm looking forward to delicious, sweet lemonades all summer long, too. Today I'm sharing a lemon pie recipe from my Household Searchlight Recipe Book.
2 Tbsp. corn starch
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 Tbsp. butter
2 eggs
Salt
Grated rind 1/2 lemon
2 Tbsp. sugar
Combine corn starch and 3/4 cup sugar. Add water slowly, stirring constantly. Cook over hot water, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg yolks, butter, lemon rind and juice, and a few grains salt. Cook 2 minutes. Pour into baked pastry shell. Cover with meringue made of the egg whites and 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake in slow oven (325 F.) 20 minutes.
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Lemon pie is one of our favorites - a perfect dessert for the beginning of summer. It's so much better with the filling made this way, rather than using the pudding type from a box. Thanks Joy - another good one!
ReplyDeleteJoy, thank you for sharing this vintage recipe! I am going to give it a try. Lemon pie is so refreshing and a wonderful summer dessert!
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Becky
Hi Joy! I love *anything* lemon but I have never attempted to bake with it aside from those pre-made cake mixes (haha, okay now I am embarrassed!) But this looks great and does not seem too difficult to make. Maybe I will give it a try?
ReplyDeleteHey! I want some. Looks so good. One of our favorites.
ReplyDeleteGrandmother Wren: Thank you. I so agree that it's better than those boxes, and with a recipe so simple and easy to begin with, why bother. It's better to control our ingredients and their quality. I've been so happy with this vintage cookbook. Most of the recipes are simple, and so tasty.
ReplyDeleteBecky: You're welcome, and thanks for stopping by. I hope you do make it. Let all of us know what you thought if you do make this one. :-)
Christina: The only thing easy about those pre-made cake boxes is that the flour is already measured, but a scale to weigh the flour is easier still. Then just fluff up the flour a bit with the whisk, and that's it.
This recipe is very easy. Do give it a try, and you'll see how much better it is than anything that comes out of a box (and the giant processing factory that box comes from.)
Russ: Thanks. :-) Lemon pie, especially with the meringue, is my husband's absolute favorite of all.
Hi Joy! Your lemon pie sure look delicious! I want to wish you a very Happy Mother's Day!
ReplyDeleteYummy lemon pie! One of my favorites!
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Lemon pie sounds yummy. I don't think I've ever made it (or even had it!) I made an oatmeal pie today from a vintage recipe, but unfortunately it turned out kinda runny. It has corn syrup in it and I think is suppposed to be kind of the texture of pecan pie, but alas . . . Thanks for sharing this recipe :)
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