Lemon pie

Bake with us a delicious and tender dessert. Nevertheless on the simpleness of the baking process and a small amount of necessary ingredients, this lemon pie is airy and juicy.

Ingredients:

  • 120 g (1/4 lb) dairy butter
  • 120 g (1/4 lb) sugar
  • 120 g (1/4 lb) flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 1-2 lemons
  • a pinch of leaven
  • 150 g (3/10 lb) powdered sugar

Cooking

Peel lemon and grate the peel. Squeeze 1/2 of lemon in order to get the juice.

Warm dairy butter and mix it with sugar. After add 2 eggs gradually. Then stir in flour. Mix the ingredients properly. Add the lemon peel and juice. Stir everything again. After fold in leaven and knead the dough.

Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Transfer the dough there and spread it evenly.

Bake the pie in the preheated oven at 190°C (374°F) till golden brown (about 20 minutes).

Then cool the pie slightly and transfer it to a platter. Top the dessert with powdered sugar, cut it into portions and serve with herbal tea.

Enjoy your meal!

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