Lucky Lemon Cream Pie
The Lucky Lemon Cream Pie baked by Lorraine Parry of Kingman, Arizona won Best of Show honors as well as First Place in the Cream Category at the National Pie Championships.
Filling:
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
9 tablespoons cornstarch
2-1/2 cups boiling water
3 eggs, beaten
1/4 teaspoon grated fresh lemon peel
9 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
3 to 4 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
Combine sugar, salt and cornstarch in a 2- or 3-quart saucepan. Blend well. Add boiling water and place over medium heat, stirring rapidly until mixture is smooth. Bring to a full, rolling boil to thoroughly cook the cornstarch. Remove from heat. Add a little of the hot pudding to the eggs while stirring rapidly. Return egg mixture to hot pudding and reheat, stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly.
Remove from heat, add butter, lemon juice, lemon extract and lemon peel. Stir until butter is melted. Pour filling into cooled, baked pie shell. Chill. Serve topped with whipped cream sweetened and flavored with lemon extract to taste.
Crust:
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup margarine
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/3 cup lard
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon nonfat dry milk
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup very cold water
Using a mixer, cream together all four fats. Add sugar, baking powder, salt and dry milk. Add half the flour and mix well. Add water and blend using mixer. Add remaining flour and mix with hands to form a pliable, tender, easy-to-handle dough. Shape into a ball, wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours.
Roll out half the pastry on a floured surface to form a circle 1/8-inch thick. Place the dough over the outside of a 10-inch pie pan. Cover the bottom with parchment paper and add pie weights. Trim edge with sharp knife and prick bottom and sides several times with a fork. Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 12 to 15, remove parchment paper and weights, and continue baking until golden brown. Take from the oven and let cool.
Pie Tips:
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Mixing and
Handling Simple Pastry Dough
Pie
Advice
As American as Apple
Pie: A Short Pie History
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Apple and Berry Pie with Oat
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Award-Winning Apple
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Boston Cream
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Black Bottom Banana Cream
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Blueberry
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Chocolate Pecan Pie
Lucky Lemon Cream
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Macademia Nut
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Meatless Mince
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Prize Pecan
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Pumpkin Pie
Tarts
Shoo Fly Pies (multiple
recipes)
Southern Exposure Key
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Kate's Global Kitchen for November, 2000:
11/04/00 My, My American Pie:
Pie-Making Pointers
11/11/00 Stuffing Tips and Free-Form
Techniques
11/18/00 Better Tasting Turkeys: Drowning and Browning the Bird
11/25/00 Turkey + 3 Ingredients = Luscious Leftovers
Holiday Special: Thanksgiving Headquarters: A to Z
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