Scintillating Lemon Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 9-inch pie shells
    1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
    1 teaspoon nutmeg
    3 lemons
    1/3 cup butter
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    3 tablespoons flour
    3 eggs
    1/2 cup water
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 400.
    Roll out 1/2 of the dough into 9-inch circle; Cut into 6 wedges; Place wedges on cookie sheet.
    Mix 1 1/2 T sugar and nutmeg together in small bowl; Sprinkle over pastry wedges; Bake at 400 degrees for no longer than 5 minutes, or until set; Remove from cookie sheet and set aside.
    Grate yellow part of rind; Peel and slice lemons very thinly; Set aside.
    Cream butter, 1 1/2 cups sugar and flour in mixer bowl; Beat in eggs, then beat in water.
    Stir in reserved lemon slices and grated rind.
    Roll out remaining pastry to form 9-inch pie shell.
    Pour lemon mixture into prepared pie shell.
    Bake at 400 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
    Arrange baked pastry wedges on top of filling and bake for an additional 5 minutes, or until filling is firm.

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