Slice Of Lemon Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 9-inch pie shells
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 large lemon
• 1 teaspoon grated fresh lemon rind
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees press one of the pie crusts into a pie pan.
• 2 combine the 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour and salt in a mixing bowl.
• 3 cream the butter into the sugar mixture gradually, mixing thoroughly.
• 4 reserve 1 teaspoon of egg and set aside.
• 5 beat the eggs well and add to the sugar mixture, blending until smooth.
• 6 grate 1 teaspoon of rind from the lemon.
• 7 then peel the lemon and slice into paper thin slices, removing all seeds as you go.
• 8 add the grated lemon rind and the water to the egg/sugar mixture and blend thoroughly.
• 9 gently mix in the lemon slices to the pie filling, and pour the filling into the pie crust.
• 10 top with the second pie crust, and fold the edges of the top crust under the edge of the lower crust.
• 11 seal and flute the edge.
• 12 cut 3 or 4 small slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
• 13 brush the top with the reserved egg , avoiding the slits.
• 14 sprinkle the top with the sugar and cinnamon.
• 15 bake at 400 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes until the top is a luscious golden brown.