Nell B. Nichols

Pastry for Lemon Pies

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    ( 9 " ) pie shell
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

It accents that wonderful lemon taste

Ingredients

  • 1½ c. sifted flour
  • 1½ tsp. sugar
  • ½ tsp.

Method

  • Sift together flour, sugar and salt. Take out 2 tblsp. of shortening. Cut remaining shortening with two knives or blend with pastry blender into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse meal. Cut in the 2 tblsp. shortening in pieces the size of large peas. Add lemon juice a