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LEMON  CHEESE  CAKES
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LEMON CHEESE CAKES

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

871
Calories
29g
Protein
29g
Fat
124g
Carbs

Counts 7 of 10 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Walnut 1 walnut half (4g) 26
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Water not in our table 0
Spread not in our table 0
Pie not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 ounces of butter
  • 1 cup milk in a double boiler
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 2 cups of water
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in cold water
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 3 teaspoons corn- starch
  • a piece of butter the size of a walnut
  • 2 stale
  • 2 lemons to which have been added 3 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 well beaten eggs
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 lemons
  • 2 tablespoon's sugar spread over the pie
  • 2 heaping tablespoons flour
  • 3 well beaten eggs
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 eggs
  • butter the size of a walnut
  • butter the size of an egg
  • lemon juice

Directions

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"Exchange."

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Powder 2 stale, small sponge cakes and beat into them the juice and grated rind of 2 lemons to which have been added 3 tablespoons of sugar. Melt and add 2 ounces of butter; simmer over the fire for a few moments and then add very gradually 2 well beaten eggs. Bake in puff paste shells.

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PASTRY. 197

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LEMON PIE, NO. 1.

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Miss Annie Feeney.

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Put 1 cup milk in a double boiler. Mix together 1 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons flour, 1 teaspoon butter, and the yolks of 2 eggs. When the milk has come to the boil, stir this mixture into it, and cook until it thickens. Take from the fire, add the juice of 2 lemons and a little of.^the grated rind, pour this into a freshlv baked crust. Then whip the whites of the eggs with 2 tablespoon's sugar spread over the pie and return to the oven to brown. Orange Pie may be made in a similar way.

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LEMOX PIE. NO. 2.

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Mrs. \Vm. Angle.

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Take a deep dish, grate into it the yellow rind of 2, lemons ; add to that U cups sugar, 2 heaping tablespoons flour, or 1 of cornstarch. Stir well together, then add the yolks of 3 well beaten eggs; add lemon juice, 2 cups of water and a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Set this on the fire in double boiler, and cook until it strings like cold honey. Turn into a pie pan lined with paste ; bake, and when done, cover with a meringue of tlie whites of egg beaten up witli :'> small tablespoons sugar, and brown.

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LEMON PIE, NO. 3.

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Mrs. W. J. Barry.

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Mix the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon, 1 cup sugar, beaten yolks of 2 eggs, 2 tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in cold water, and 1 cup boiling water. Cook and stir till thick. Pour into a pie pan lined with a freshly baked crust. Beat the whites of egg stiff with a little sugar, spread on top, and return to the oven until brown.

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LEMON PIE, NO. %.

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Mrs. John Taylor, Jr.

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Mix together I] cups water. U cups sugar, 3 teaspoons corn- starch, butter the size of an egg, and the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon. Cook in a double boiler until beginning to thicken; add the beaten yolks of -1 eggs, stir till hot again, put in a paste- lined pan and bake. Make a meringue of the" whites of egg with a little sugar, sjiread over the pie, a!id return to the oven to brown.

By Martin, Maria Ewing, Mrs., [from old catalog] comp · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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