American Southern

Lemon Pie

Name: Lemon Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 each lemon; 1 cups powdered sugar; 3 each egg yolks; 2 tbsp flour; 0.75 cups water; each egg whites; 3 tbsp sugar

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 33. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

25 minPrep Time

45 minCook Time

8Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

1
Take the whites of the eggs and three tablespoons sugar, beat to a stiff froth, and turn it over the pie.
2
When baked, set it in the oven again and brown it.

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