Lemon Chess Pie

Ingredients

• 3 egg yolks
• 3/4 cup sugar
• Juice of 1 large lemon
• dash of salt
• 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Method

1. 1

   Beat egg yolks, add other ingredients and mix well.

2. 2

   Pour into unbaked pastry shell and bake until almost brown in 350 degrees oven, about 30 minutes.

3. 3

   For meringue, whip egg whites until almost stiff, gradually add sugar, beating until stiff, add vanilla and beat until mixture holds peaks.

4. 4

   Spread on warm pie and return to oven, baking until brown at 350 degrees (about 10 or 15 more minutes).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes from our hearth (1960) by N.C.) Advent Moravian Church (Winston-Salem, page 40. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON CHESS PIE 3 egg yolks 3/4 cup sugar Juice of 1 large lemon dash of salt 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.