Lemon Pie

Ingredients

• Juice and a grated rind of 1 lemon
• 2 cups of sugar
• 4 heaping tablespoons of flour
• 1 pint water
• Butter the size of a turkey egg
• 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put water in a saucepan and set on stove.

2. 2

   As soon as it boils add the sugar and flour which have been thoroughly mixed.

3. 3

   Stir constantly.

4. 4

   Then stir in the well beaten yolks of the three eggs and add the butter.

5. 5

   Add, lastly, the juice and rind of the lemon.

6. 6

   Pour this into two pie crusts which have already been cooked.

7. 7

   Cover with meringue and set in stove to brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Raleigh recipe book (1925) by Christ Church (Raleigh, N.C.). Ladies, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LEMON PIE 6 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup butter 3 or 4 lemons 1 cup milk 4 tablespoons cracker crumbs Save whites of eggs for meringue. This makes two pies. Mrs. Samuel Lawrence. LEMON PIE Juice and a grated rind of 1 2 cups of sugar lemon 4 heaping tablespoons of flour 1 pint water Butter the size of a turkey egg 3 eggs

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