Sour Cream Lemon Pie

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

A delicious sour cream lemon pie recipe. Make a filling of creamy, rich egg custard, butter, lemon, and sour cream and add it to a pie shell to enjoy.

Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon zest
1/2 cup sour cream
1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked

Directions

1 Combine sugar, flour, and salt in a saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir on medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat, cook, and stir for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat.
2 Beat yolks slightly. Gradually stir 1 cup of custard mix into yolks. Return yolk mixture to the saucepan with the rest of custard and bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir for 2 more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter, lemon juice, and zest. Fold in sour cream.
3 Pour filling into baked pie shell. Chill until set.