I was at my monthly quilting day at my favorite sewing shop when I noticed a pie recipe in the break room. When you come for an all-day quilter, beside your class fee you bring a snack to share. I usually bring lemon bars or something chocolate because after sewing for a few hours you need a sweet pick-me-up.
This was an unusual pie recipe calling for a whole lemon. That’s right, the whole lemon. I asked about the owner about the recipe and she said it was delicious. She had substituted Stevia for sugar and it still came out very good. So I took the recipe home and decided to find a time to make it.
Oscar night seemed appropriate as Hollywood seems to be the place to have strange things in a recipe. Nothing seemed stranger to me than quartering a lemon, throwing it in a blender with your other ingredients and turning it into pie filling. So here is the recipe from Cooks.com.
Easy Blender Whole Lemon Pie
Ingredients:
- 1 thin-skinned lemon
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter, cut into chunks
- 4 eggs
- A dash of salt
- 1 unbaked pie shell
The Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Quarter the lemon, remove all seeds and the white membrane. I also cut off the nubby ends of my lemon.
4. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until set.
I made my pie a day ahead of time because Sunday always gets busier than it should. And right again I was. But we had it during the Oscars. The kids under the age of 10 found it too sour for their tastes. My son who loves sour things ate most of his. The husband and I finished off the pie yesterday.
We thought it was wonderful.
Oh, that looks so delicious. I never would have thought of using the whole lemon! Thanks for sharing the recipe. I can’t wait to try it!
I love recipes! Thanks for sharing this one.
My mouth is seriously watering over this one. I LOVE LEMONS! And I just can’t seem to get enough of that lemon flavor lately. My mom use to make lemon meringue pie when I was growing up. So, I am definetly going to try this one out. Thanks for sharing this!
yumness. Just the title of your post sent my mouth to watering.
I LOVE lemon…I love pie. I love lemon pie.
🙂
jane
Jane,
Do you like Lemon Pie?
no. I do NOT like lemon pie.
i said…
I LOVE LEMON PIE.
LOVE.
LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE.
Perhaps now…you see the difference?
🙂
😉
blessings
jane
OK, well makes some and I will come over to help you eat it. Wait, that requires a plane trip and I’m broke. Dang!
Love all things lemon! Will definitely have to give this a try!
OMG! You Quilt and Cook??? Merry Me………..
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It takes me forever to get a quilt done so please do not heap too much credit on my back.
I love lemon pie! However I can’t make it for beans! haha.
Thanks for pointing out a few grammitcal errors on my blog, much appreciated.
I always feel mean when I do that but in poetry, every word counts.
It looks too easy not to try. Thanks!
I could not believe how easy this recipe was to make.
It’s fate! I have had the most enormous craving for lemon pie…lemon meringue, lemon Mousse, Lemon Chess, who cares! I just want some LEMON PIE. Then I stumble upon your blog and see this recipe. It looks delicious! I’m making it this weekend.
Enjoy and thanks for stopping by!