Mom's Lemon Pie Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Mom's Lemon Pie
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup shortening
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 -4 tbsp milk
  • 6 tbsp cornstarch
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 5 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 dash salt
  • 6 tbsp sugar

Directions:

  1. Pie Crust:.
  2. You can make the crust or buy a ready made.
  3. Mix flour, shortening and salt with fork until crumbly. Add milk. Form dough into a ball nd roll out. Put in 9 pie pan and poke holes with a fork in sides nd bottom. Bake at 450° 15 to 20 minutes or untill light brown.
  4. Filling:.
  5. Combine cornstarch, salt and 1/2 cup of the sugar in a double boiler. Add water and mix well. Cook in double boiler stiring constantly until thick. Once thick, cover and cook 10 minutes stiring occasionally. In another bowl combine egg ylks and reming 1/2 cup sugar. Dip a little of the hot mixture into the egg mixture and stir. Pour egg mixture into the double boiler, stiring constantly, and cook 2 minutes longer. Remove from heat, stir in butter, lemon rind and juice. Cool to room temperature without stirring. Pour into baked pie shell.
  6. Meringue:.
  7. Place egg whites in a bowl.Beat on a slow speed to build up a foam, and then increase the speed. Don't beat the whites to fast. test the fluffy whites by turning off the mixer and pulling the beaters up out of the bowl. When the fluffy whites hold a nice peak, start adding sugar slowly.
  8. Spread the meringue over pie, smoothing out to the pie crust edges (so the meringue won't draw up during baking). With a dull knife, make decorative peaks in the meringue. Bake at 325° until the meringue is golden, about 14 to 15 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven and let cool for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 723.96 Kcal (3031 kJ)
Calories from fat 304.87 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.87g 52%
Cholesterol 143.74mg 48%
Sodium 1265.92mg 53%
Potassium 205.54mg 4%
Total Carbs 94.26g 31%
Sugars 43.27g 173%
Dietary Fiber 4.29g 17%
Protein 12.49g 25%
Vitamin C 7.5mg 13%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 3.1mg 17%
Calcium 163.9mg 16%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 207.31 Kcal (868 kJ)
Calories from fat 87.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.7g 52%
Cholesterol 41.16mg 48%
Sodium 362.51mg 53%
Potassium 58.86mg 4%
Total Carbs 26.99g 31%
Sugars 12.39g 173%
Dietary Fiber 1.23g 17%
Protein 3.58g 25%
Vitamin C 2.2mg 13%
Iron 0.9mg 17%
Calcium 46.9mg 16%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 16.5
    Points
  • 20
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top