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Cream Cheese-Lemon Pie
Ingredients:
1 cup cookie crumbs -- * see note
2 tablespoon margarine -- melted
1 cup sugar -- ** see note
1 dash salt
12 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 large eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon zest -- not dried
* Use vanilla wafer or graham cracker crumbs. ** You won't need all
the sugar; usually about 7/8 cup is sufficient
Instructions:
1. Mix crumbs with 2 tablespoons melted margarine, 3 tablespoons sugar
and salt. Blend well then press mixture on sides and bottom of a greased
8-inch pie plate. 2. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and lemon
juice; blend well. Add eggs and 1/2 cup sugar; beat very well with
a wire whisk until smooth. Pour into crumb crust. 3. Bake in preheated
350-degree oven for 20 minutes or until firm. Remove from oven and
let cool only 5 minutes. 4. Mix sour cream, lemon zest and 3-4 tablespoons
sugar. Spread this mixture over pie filling; bake 10 minutes more.
5. Cool for a few minutes then refrigerate and chill 4-6 hours before
serving. |
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