Double-crust lemon pie

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity	Measure	Ingredient
1		Pastry for 8\" dbl-crust pie
		Sugar
2	tablespoons	Flour
1	dash	Salt
¼	cup	Butter or margarine softened
3		Eggs
1	teaspoon	Grated lemon peel
1	medium	Lemon; unpeeled thinly sliced
½	cup	Water
½	teaspoon	Ground cinnamon

Directions

On floured surface, roll out half of pastry and fit into 8-inch pie pan. Mix 1¼ cups sugar, flour and salt. Blend in butter. Reserve about 1 teaspoon egg white and beat remaining eggs well. Add eggs to sugar mixture, then mix in lemon peel, lemon slices and water. Turn into pastry shell. Roll out remaining pastry and fit over pie. Cut slits in top and seal and flute edges of pastry. Brush top of pie with reserved egg white. Mix 2 teaspoons sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle over pie. Bake at 400F 30 to 35 minutes. Serve warm.