Lemon Cheese Pie

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

Cheerful-looking, like sunshine in winter—lemon tang is refreshing

Ingredients

Crust

  • 1 c. sifted flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • c

Method

Crust

Sift flour with salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. Combine egg with lemon juice and peel; sprinkle over flour mixture and mix lightly with fork until dough holds together. Roll out and fit into a 9" pie pan; flute edge and prick over entire surface with a 4-tined fork. Bake in hot oven