Lemon Fluff Pie

Ingredients

• 3 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 3 egg whites
• Pastry shell

Method

1. 1

   Beat egg yolks.

2. 2

   Add lemon juice and grated rind, cook slowly until rather thick.

3. 3

   Cool mixture and fold in egg whites, beaten stiff with sugar and salt.

4. 4

   Pour into baked pastry shell.

5. 5

   Bake for 30 minutes at 325 F.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1/3 cup lemon juice V2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon lemon rind 3 cups water 1 baked 9-incb pie sbell 2 egg yolks slightly beaten Combine tapioca, sugar, salt and water in a saucepan and mix well. Bring mixture quickly to a full boil aver direct beat, stirring vigorously. Add butter, lemon juice, and rind. Turn into pie shell. Beat 2 egg whites until foamy; add *4 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time, beating after each addition until blended. Then beat until the mixture stands in peaks. Pile lightly on pie and bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 15 minutes. All measurements are level. Miss Abbie Peeler LEMON PIE Yellows of 4 egg (I use 2 whites but recipe does not call for that), 7 tablespoonsful of sugar, 1 dessert spoonful of butter, Juice of 1 lemon (a juicy one). Use the 2 remaining egg whites for meringue. This makes one pie. Mrs. E. D. McCall LEMON PIE 2 tablespoons cornstarch 2 eggs % cup sugar Salt 1 cup boiling water Grated rind V2 lemon Vi cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon butter Combine cornstarch and % cup sugar. Add water slowly, stir- ring constantly. Cook over hot water stirring constantly until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg yolk, butter, lemon rind and juice, and a few grains of salt. Cook 2 minutes. Pour into baked pastry shell. Cover with meringue made of the egg whites and 2 ta- blespoons sugar. Bake in slow oven (325 degrees) 20 minutes. Mrs. Currie Cates, Jr. NEVER FAIL CHESS PIE 2 cups granulated sugar Vi pound butter 3 eggs 4 tablespoons evaporated milk Use any good pastry recipe. This filling will make 15 chess pies or one large pie. Bake in slow oven. Mrs. C. F. Lemly 101 LEMON FLUFF PIE 3 egg yolks */2 cup sugar V± cup lemon juice 1/8 teaspoon, salt 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Pastry shell 3 egg whites

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