Lemon Pies

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon corn starch or flour
• pour over this about a teacup of boiling water
• 0.5 cup of sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter
• the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon
• the yolks of 3 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Cover the outside of pan with rich crust and bake upside down, put baked shell inside your pan and pour in the filling.

2. 2

   Beat the 3 whites to a stiff froth, add a few drops of lemon extract and 6 heaping tablespoons powdered sugar.

3. 3

   Place in the oven for a few moments until a light brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from San Rafael cook book, 1906 (1906) by Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress), page 80. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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