Lemon Pies

Origin: Mobile, Alabama

Source: Abby Fisher, 1881

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Rub the butter and powdered sugar together until they reach a cream consistency.
  2. Add the egg yolks to the butter and sugar mixture and beat until light.
  3. Beat the egg whites until perfectly light and add to the other ingredients.
  4. Roll two lemons with your hands on a board until soft.
  5. Grate the peel of the lemons and add to the preparation.
  6. Squeeze the juice of the lemons into the preparation.
  7. Mix all articles in the preparation together well.
  8. Put one layer of pastry at the bottom of the pie plate.
  9. Pour the filling into the pastry and bake immediately in a hot oven.

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