Lemon Cream Pie

Name: Lemon Cream Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 59 milliliters finely chopped blanched almonds; 79 milliliters butter; 227 grams package cream cheese, softened; 2 egg yolks, beaten; 7 grams package unflavored gelatin; 468 grams package lemon bar mix; 355 milliliters cold water

Lemon Cream Pie requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 336 calories. This recipe serves 10. A mixture of blanched almonds, gelatin, cream cheese, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Strawberries and Cream Pie, Peaches and Cream Pie Bars, and Apple Pie Fried Ice Cream Cake.

Instructions

To Make Crust: In a 10 inch skillet over medium heat, melt butter or margarine. Stir in dessert bar crust mix and almonds. Cook 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to brown and crumble.

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Butter

Almonds

Crust

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Frying Pan

Reserve 2 tablespoons of crust mixture for topping. Use the back of a fork to press remaining crust mixture into an ungreased 9 inch deep dish pie plate. Cool completely.

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Crust

Pour cold water into a 2 quart non-aluminum saucepan.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Sprinkle gelatin over water and allow to soften 5 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, stir dessert bar filling mix into gelatin, mixing until smooth. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir for 1 minute, then remove from heat.

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Gelatin

Water

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Wooden Spoon

Place egg yolks in a medium bowl.

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Egg Yolk

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Bowl

Whisk 1/4 cup of hot lemon mixture into egg yolks.

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Egg Yolk

Lemon

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Whisk

Whisk egg yolk mixture back into rest of lemon filling. Return mixture to heat. Boil and stir 1 minute.

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Egg Yolk

Lemon

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Whisk

Remove from heat. Cover and refrigerate.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream cheese and 1/4 cup of lemon filling (may be slightly warm), beating until smooth. Gradually beat in remaining filling mixture until smooth.

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Cream Cheese