Unbelievably creamy lemon pie is rather like key lime pie with a lemon twist and toasty almond graham cracker crust. Made with simply 7 easy elements, you’ll recognize the convenience and ease of this refreshing dessert recipe.
I initially shared this recipe in 2017, and I’ve since up to date it with new photographs and further success suggestions for persistently nice outcomes.
Consider at the moment’s recipe because the lemon model of key lime pie. The filling is sort of equivalent, however adjusted for lemon juice so it units up completely silky and clean. And as an alternative of macadamia nuts, the crust will get an improve with salty almonds. It’s extremely creamy, and it delivers daring lemon taste—like lemon bars in pie type!
Let’s dive in.
This Is EASY Creamy Lemon Pie
- 7 elements complete
- No mixer required
- 20 minutes of hands-on time
- Make-ahead pleasant
3 Components to Creamy Lemon Pie
- 4-ingredient toasty almond graham cracker crust
- 3-ingredient creamy lemon filling
- Optionally available toppings like whipped cream, meringue, mint, and lemon slices
Graham Cracker Crust with an Improve
We’re not utilizing our typical basic graham cracker crust—as an alternative, we add almonds, which take this dessert from good to out-of-this-world scrumptious! We mix entire salty almonds, graham crackers, sugar, and just a little melted butter to create the right sweet-salty base for our creamy lemon filling.
I like to recommend salted almonds to boost the lemon taste with out overpowering it. You’ll be able to even toast them first for additional depth. If desired, skip the almonds and use solely graham crackers for a standard crust.
Press the crust right into a 9-inch pie dish, and pre-bake for about 8 minutes. No want to chill it earlier than including the filling.
(And if you wish to swap it up, you might use a Biscoff crust as an alternative.)
Creamy Lemon Pie Filling
The flavour of at the moment’s lemon filling jogs my memory of lemon curd and the filling for my lemon meringue pie, but it surely’s a lot creamier. We now have the sweetened condensed milk to thank for that, an ingredient we additionally use in these oatmeal lemon crumble bars. We’ll additionally add egg yolks for construction.
You’ll discover this recipe requires 3/4 cup of recent lemon juice (versus 1 cup of lime juice utilized in key lime pie). You’d assume it’d be a 1-for-1 swap from lime to lemon… however the pie merely wouldn’t arrange with 1 entire cup of lemon juice. I had some soupy pies to show it!
That’s it—solely 3 fundamental elements: sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, and lemon juice. Every has a giant job to do!
Whisk collectively, pour into the preheated crust, and bake.
The true ready recreation (torture) comes afterwards when the lemon pie has to chill down after which chill within the fridge.
I prefer to serve this pie when it’s tremendous chilly, so I make it a day forward of time and chill it in a single day. If quick on time, you may get away with only one hour within the fridge after it has utterly cooled at room temperature.
Optionally available Garnishes
Whereas scrumptious by itself, attempt garnishing your lemon pie! I unfold whipped cream on prime and added lemon slices, mint, and lemon zest. Or attempt including the marshmallow-tasting meringue topping from this bourbon candy potato pie.
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Description
You solely want 7 easy elements to make this deliciously cool and creamy lemon pie.
Graham Cracker Almond Crust
Filling + Topping
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C).
- Make the crust: Utilizing a meals processor, pulse the graham crackers and almonds collectively into crumbs. A number of bigger items of nuts is OK. Pour right into a medium bowl and stir within the sugar. Add the melted butter and stir till mixed. The combination might be thick, coarse, and sandy. Attempt to smash/break up any massive chunks. Pour the combination into an ungreased 9-inch pie dish. With medium stress utilizing your hand, pat the crumbs down into the underside and up the perimeters to make a compact crust. Don’t pack down with heavy power as a result of that makes the crust too onerous. Merely pat down till the combination is not crumby/crumbly. Ideas: You should use a small flat-bottomed measuring cup to assist press down the underside crust and clean out the floor, however don’t pack down too onerous. And run a spoon across the backside “nook” the place the sting and backside meet to assist make a rounded crust—this helps forestall the crust from falling aside. For extra shaping approach suggestions, see the graham cracker crust recipe web page.
- Pre-bake the crust for 8 minutes. Take away from the oven and go away the oven on.
- Make the filling: Whisk the sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, and egg yolks collectively. Pour into the nice and cozy crust.
- Bake the pie for 19–21 minutes or till solely *barely* jiggly within the middle. You need it largely set. Take away from the oven and permit to chill utterly on a cooling rack.
- As soon as cool, cowl and chill for not less than 1 hour, and as much as 3 days earlier than serving. After round 8 hours, evenly cowl it.
- When able to serve, garnish as desired. Slice and serve. For neat slices, it’s useful to wipe your knife clear between every minimize.
- Cowl and retailer leftover pie within the fridge for as much as 1 week.
Notes
- Make Forward Directions: You’ll be able to put together and pre-bake the crust as much as 2–3 days upfront. Cowl and retailer at room temperature. Likewise, you possibly can combine collectively the filling as much as 2–3 days upfront. Cowl and refrigerate, then assemble and bake. Baked and cooled pie freezes nicely for as much as 3 months; thaw in a single day within the fridge.
- Particular Instruments (affiliate hyperlinks): Meals Processor | Glass Mixing Bowls | 9-inch Pie Dish | Whisk | Citrus Juicer | Egg Separator | Cooling Rack
- Graham Cracker Crust: If you are going to buy graham cracker crumbs, you want 1 and 1/3 cups (about 160–165g) for this recipe. Regardless that they’re already crumbs, you possibly can nonetheless pulse with the almonds. If you wish to skip the almonds, use this graham cracker crust recipe as an alternative and pre-bake for 8 minutes. You could possibly additionally make a Biscoff pie crust as an alternative.
- Leftover Egg Whites: Listed here are all my recipes with egg whites, or you can also make a meringue topping for the pie, and I like to recommend the topping used on this bourbon candy potato pie. Tip: Eggs separate simpler once they’re chilly.
- Non-US Readers: Don’t have graham crackers the place you reside? Use 180g floor digestive biscuits as an alternative (about 12 biscuits), with the identical quantity of almonds and butter, and add an additional Tablespoon (12g) of sugar. Pre-bake for 10 minutes.
