Double Surprise Lemon Pie

Name: Double Surprise Lemon Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: ½ tsp. cinnamon; ½ c. water; 2 tsp. sugar; 1 tsp. grated lemon peel; 1 medium lemon; 3 eggs; ¼ c. butter or margarine; ¼ c. butter or margarine; ⅛ tsp. salt; 2 tblsp. flour; 1¼ c. sugar; Pastry for 2-Crust Pie

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Unusual—fresh-tasting lemon slices in filling and sugared top crust

Ingredients

Pastry for 2-Crust Pie
1¼ c. sugar
2 tblsp. flour

Americas
United States
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Combine 1¼ c. sugar, flour and salt. Cream butter until soft and blend with sugar mixture.
Add 3 well-beaten eggs, reserving 1 tsp. egg white for topping.
Grate lemon peel; then peel lemon, discarding white membrane. Cut lemon in paper-thin slices (should be ⅓ c.). Add lemon peel and slices and water to sugar mixture. Pour into pastry-lined 8" pie pan.<