About that pie recipe

I promised you the recipe for Blender Lemon Pie.

When I saw this recipe on a cooking blog, I knew right away it was going to be a favorite.

On account of, it takes less than five minutes to throw together. A trained monkey could do it.

Certainly a five-year-old could do it. In fact, I'm going to teach Dagny to make this soon, to prove that.

I guess lemon desserts are my favorite -- even over chocolate, depending on the day -- so in addition to how easy it was to make, that was one huge thing in its favor as far as I was concerned.

I mean, when you make your own Blender Lemon Pie (which I just know you will), you'll agree that although it's anything but a fancy dish -- it could even be described as rustic -- its beauty and tastiness is impressively out of proportion with how easy it is to prepare.

So here you go:

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BLENDER LEMON PIE

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1/2 cup butter, melted

1 and 1/4 cups sugar

1 whole lemon, quartered and de-seeded

Splash of vanilla extract

1 prepared (or store-bought) pie crust

Powdered sugar and lemon slice for garnish

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Pat pie crust into pie plate and crimp the edges

Into your blender place eggs, melted butter, sugar, vanilla, and the entire lemon

Blend everything until smooth -- a few seconds is all it takes

Pour into crust and bake for about 45 minutes* or until reasonably "set"

(it will continue to set up while cooling)

Allow pie to cool thoroughly** before garnishing with powdered sugar and a lemon twist

*It took my pie about 55 minutes to get to the point where I felt it was just unset enough in the middle, to get all the way done while cooling. For the extra ten minutes, I placed a piece of foil over the top because the crust was exactly right after 45 minutes.

**I refrigerated my pie overnight.

I added the powdered sugar and lemon twist just before serving.

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When I made the pie for Mother's Day, I forgot to take a picture of it. Apologies. I would have made another one just for this post, but then TG and I would have had to eat it and we don't have dessert except on special occasions.

No; I couldn't think of anyone to whom I'd give an entire pie. 

TG mentioned that this reminded him of lemon bars; it's basically a simple custard, but the lemon zing is very prevalent. It's nice and tart and plenty sweet.

Let me know if you make a Blender Lemon Pie!

Also I think it'd be fun to make it with limes (I'd probably use two), and to slather whipped cream all over the top. When I do that, I'll take a picture for you.

And that is all for now.

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Happy Tuesday

Comments

[sally]

Can I just tell you something? I don't like lemon anything except in sweet tea. Now, I could make that for my brother because, like Dad, that's his favorite pie! I just put a peach cobbler in the oven! :)

xoxo

[Jennifer]

@Sally ... You're not alone in that ... another good friend who will not eat lemon desserts. I'll have mine, and yours, and his too! Plus a big serving of that peach cobbler, with vanilla ice cream! xoxo

[Mari]

We love lemon here and the lemon bars are always a hit. So - I need to make this! Thanks for the recipe. I'll let you know how we like it, but if you say we will, I know it's true!

[Jennifer]

@Mari ... if you don't love it, don't tell me! I couldn't stand it if you didn't love it! Haaahaha ... the best part (did I mention this?) is how easy and quick it is. It's like, if you have a lemon on hand, you've always got all the rest of the stuff, and you can make this in a skinny minute. And impress people. BTW I've never made a pie crust from scratch in my life. Always store-bought. Haahaha xoxo

[Barb]

I just found your blog and love lemon anything. Yesterday I had limoncello cream cake. Someone in this house will surely make this!

[Cheryl]

I am with you on this post. I love lemon anything and yes, I prefer it over chocolate. I copied your recipe and hope to make it one day soon. Yes, I will! So, thank you for the recipe. I have added it to my files with your name on it. I like to remember who gave me recipes because the memories are just as sweet as the pie. Love you, girlfriend!

[Dan Patterson]

Very nice to find this blog and that recipe (anyone else depend on spell-check for recipe?).
I wonder if a flour crust, made from scratch thank you very much is more gooder than graham cracker?
Y'all be sweet..

[Donna (Texas)]

PIE...I must have my precious...pie...Hahaa
Just YUMMM!!!
And yes, if I made it, I'd have to eat it... :0(
hughugs

[Jennifer]

@Dan ... Well, first let me say, this was not made on a graham cracker crust; I use those only for icebox pies. This is made with a regular pastry crust. As for a flour crust, I recently procured a recipe (nope; I don't use spellcheck for anything, haahaa) from a friend, for something called Chocolate Delight ... it doesn't recreate the wheel but it sure is good. I know that because I fixed it yesterday for our Memorial Day feast. The cookie-like crust was made from flour, butter, and slivered almonds mixed together and baked, then cooled. I'll share the recipe on the blog so that you'll know what came next. It was a real winner.

And welcome to IHATH! Thank you for your kind email and for taking the time to read.

@Donna ... I know, right? Almost too good to be true. I made the lemon blender pie again yesterday and it was again a hit. A real keeper. You must make it! And yes, I got the bundtinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes! That little shop is quickly becoming a favorite. xoxo