Fluffy Lemon Chess Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons butter, softened
4 eggs, separated
1 large lemon, juice and zest of, grated
1 (8 inch) pie crusts

Preparation

Prebake pie shell at 425 F for 7-8 minutes.
Cream sugar with butter until light.
Beat in egg yolks one at a time.
Beat in lemon zest and juice.
In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.
Lightly fold egg whites into the filling.
Pour filling into pie shell and bake at 350 F until set and lightly golden, about 25-30 minutes.
Cool and serve.