Scintillating Lemon Pie - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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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
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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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