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Lemon Slice Pie

This is truly an old recipe.  My grandmother would use her "slicer" and cut the lemons almost paper thin.  My     

 

 

dad had made the slicer for her by using a piece of wood and a modified hacksaw blade with screws and

 

 

washers to adjust the thickness.  I have yet to find anything that can slice that thin.

Ingredients

•  1 pie crust (about 9 inches)

•  1 egg yolk, beaten

•  2 large lemons, thinly sliced, remove seeds

•  2 cups sugar

•  4 large eggs, beaten well

Preheat oven to 375°F.  Place oven rack in middle of oven.

Instructions

1.  Brush the entire pie crust with the beaten egg yolk; place onbaking sheet; bake about 5 minutes or until        golden brown.  Remove from oven and cool.

2.  In a large bowl place layers of lemon slices and sugar; let

     sit for at least 2 hours.

3.  Add beaten eggs to lemon mixure; mix gently; spoon into crust arranging lemon slices as you go until           you have even layers.

4.  Place pie on baking sheet; bake 30 minutes; cool for at least 2 hours before serving.  Store in                               refrigerator.

 

 

Tips

 •  I have made tiny tarts using this recipe and mini muffin tins.

 

 

     I cut the lemon slices into quarters.

 

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Recipes are like stories; they can change from person to person.  Everyone has their idea of how a recipe should be, even

 

 

though it may have changed from the original.  We will never know the true author of the original recipe, regardless of

 

 

what some may say.  That's why I go back and look through the oldest cookbooks that I can find.  Sometimes it's not the

 

 

recipe in the books that I find, but the tiny pieces of handwritten recipes and newspaper articles that are stuck within

 

 

the pages.  That's where the real story is, finding those simple Southern recipes.      -Mac

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