Square Lemon Pie

Name: Square Lemon Pie
Yield: Makes 9 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 2 tblsp. water; 1 lemon, juice and grated peel; ½ c. butter or margarine; ½ tsp. unflavored gelatin; 1 c. flaked coconut; ½ c. butter or margarine; 1 c. sugar; ⅛ tsp. salt; 1 c. sifted flour; 1 tsp. baking powder; Coconut Pastry; 2 eggs, slightly beaten; ⅔ c. sugar; 1 tblsp. butter or margarine; 1 tblsp. butter or margarine

Preparation info

Makes
9
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

Choice combination—coconut pastry and tangy, tart-sweet lemon filling

Ingredients

Coconut Pastry
1 c. sifted flour
1 tsp. baking powder

Americas
United States
Pie

Method

Pastry

Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Mix in coconut. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Filling

Add gelatin to water. Combine lemon juice (there should be 14 c.), lemon peel (1 tsp.), sugar and eggs in saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixtur