Mrs. Parker's Lemon Cloud Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (9 inch) pie pastry, edges crimped decoratively
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest
• 2 egg yolks, beaten
• 2 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 refrigerate pie crust until ready to use.
• 2 preheat oven to 450°.
• 3 in a bowl, combine the sugar and flour; use a whisk to stir them together well.
• 4 add in the milk, lemon juice, butter, and lemon rind.
• 5 stir to mix everything together.
• 6 add in the egg yolks and stir well.
• 7 in another bowl, beat the egg whites until they swell up into thick, puffy clouds, which hold their shape in soft peaks.
• 8 using a spatula or a large wooden spoon, fold the egg whites gently into the lemon filling, scooping and lifting to combine the two mixtures evenly.
• 9 pour the filling into the piecrust.
• 10 place the pie on the bottom rack of the oven, and bake for 10 minutes.
• 11 decrease oven temperature to 350° and bake until the filling is fairly firm, dry, and puffed up, 20-25 minutes.
• 12 place the pie on a cooling rack or a folded kitchen towel and let cool to room temperature.