Smart Choice Lemon Cream Pie Recipes

LUSCIOUS LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450°F. Make pie crust as directed on box for One-Crust Baked Shell using 9-inch glass pie plate. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
• In medium bowl, mix condensed milk, lemon peel and lemon juice; set aside. In large bowl, beat 2 cups of the whipping cream and the food color with electric mixer on high speed until stiff.
• Fold lemon mixture into whipped cream just until blended. Spoon into crust. Cover; refrigerate at least 3 hours until set.
• In medium bowl, beat remaining 1 cup whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Spoon dollops on pie or slices of pie when serving. Store covered in refrigerator.

EAGLE BRAND® LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Beat egg yolks in medium bowl with mixer. Add sweetened condensed milk and lemon juice until well mixed. Pour into crust.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until set. Remove from oven. Cool 1 hour. Chill at least 3 hours.
• Spread whipped topping or whipped cream over pie before serving. Garnish with lemon peel, if desired.

UPSIDE DOWN LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Top off a lemon bar with Greek yogurt and lemon pudding mixture and stick it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Add a dollop of whipped cream, a lemon wedge and coconut flakes and enjoy!

SMART-CHOICE LEMON CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Mix crumbs, 1/4 cup sugar and butter. Reserve 1/4 cup crumb mixture; press remaining onto bottom of 13x9-inch pan.
• Beat Neufchatel and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add sour cream, zest and juice; mix well. Add egg whites, 1 at a time, mixing on low after each just until blended. Pour over crust; top with reserved crumb mixture.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours.

GRAMMY'S LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Prepare the crust according to my Darn Good Whole Wheat Pie Crust recipe, either halving the recipe (it yields enough for 2 crusts) or freezing the second crust for a later time. (I recommend making the recipe as written and freezing the second crust. It will be great to have on hand and you are going to the effort anyway, so you might as well enjoy twice the crust!)
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Roll out the pie crust, then fit into a 9-inch wide pie plate that is 1 1/2 to 2-inches deep. Trim any overhang, then crimp the crust edges as desired. Line the crust with aluminum foil or parchment paper so that the foil/paper comes all the way up the sides of the dish and fits against the sides and bottom snugly. Fill the dish with dried beans or pie weights. Place in the preheated oven and bake until the edges are barely beginning to turn golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the foil/paper and weights, then return the crust to the oven and continue baking until the bottom looks dry and lightly golden and the edges have browned, about 5 to 8 additional minutes. The bottom of the crust will puff a little as it bakes, but it will deflate again once removed from the oven. Let cool completely.
• Place a heatproof bowl over a pan of lightly simmering water to create a double boiler. Add the eggs into the bowl, then with a hand mixer on medium speed (or a whisk and some serious arm power), beat the eggs until thick and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes if using a mixer. With the mixer running, slowly add the sugar, then the lemon juice and lemon zest. Once incorporated, switch from a mixer (or whisk) to a rubber spatula. Continue to cook the mixture over the simmering water, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the bowl with your spatula, until it forms a thick, smooth custard, about 8 additional minutes. When you dip your spatula into the custard, the custard should easily coat the spatula's back, and if you draw a line through the custard on the back of the spatula with your finger, the sides of the custard should stay separated. Remove the bowl from the water and let cool to almost room temperature.
• In a large mixing bowl or a standing mixer fit with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese on medium-high speed until it is completely soft and smooth, about 3 full minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium, then gradually add the cooled lemon custard to the cream cheese, beating until smooth and fully combined so that no white streaks remain. Pour the cream cheese into the baked pastry shell. Refrigerate the pie until fully chilled, at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Up to 4 hours before serving, prepare the homemade whipped cream: In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment over medium speed. When it starts to thicken, add the powdered sugar and vanilla, increase the mixer speed to high, and continue to beat until soft peaks form. (Do not overbeat or the cream will separate.) Spread over the chilled pie, slice, and serve cold.

SMART-CHOICE LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix wafer crumbs and butter until blended; press onto bottom and up side of 9-inch pie plate. Bake 10 min.; cool.
• Beat pudding mix, 3/4 cup milk and zest in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP; spread onto bottom of crust.
• Beat Neufchatel, remaining milk and 1/4 cup sugar in separate medium bowl until blended. Stir in remaining COOL WHIP; spread over pudding layer in crust.
• Mix remaining sugar and cornstarch in small saucepan. Stir in water and lemon juice; cook on medium heat 10 min. or until mixture is thickened and just comes to boil, stirring frequently. Add small amount to egg yolk in small bowl; stir until blended. Gradually stir into remaining lemon mixture in saucepan; cook 1 min. or until heated through, stirring constantly. Strain, if necessary. Cool slightly.
• Spread lemon mixture over pie. Refrigerate 4 hours.

LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350F/180C and par-bake your graham cracker crust for 8 minutes, then set aside.
• In a large bowl whisk together the sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, lemon zest, lemon juice, and heavy cream until fully combined.
• Pour into pie shell and shake/spread into an even layer. Bake for 20-26 minutes, the pie filling should be set but the center should just slightly jiggle. When baked let the pie cool on a wire rack for an hour or so then cover in plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment or in a large bowl with an electric handheld mixer whisk the heavy cream and sweetened condensed milk until medium-stiff peaks are formed. Store covered in the fridge until ready to use. Spread on top of the lemon pie and add fresh lemon zest on top. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

GRANDMA'S LUSCIOUS LEMON CREAM PIE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, about 10 minutes. Reduce heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
• Stir a small amount of hot filling into the egg yolks; return all to the pan. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in butter and lemon zest. Gently stir in lemon juice. Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes.
• Beat cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
• Fold whipped cream and sour cream into the lemon filling. Pour into the prepared pastry shell. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

SMART-CHOICE RASPBERRY-LEMON PIE

Steps:

• Beat first 4 ingredients in large bowl with whisk until blended. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP.
• Spread preserves onto bottom of crust; cover with pudding mixture. Top with remaining COOL WHIP and raspberries.
• Refrigerate 4 hrs. or until firm.

MICROWAVE SOUR-CREAM LEMON PIE

Steps:

• Combine the granulated sugar, milk, lemon juice,egg yolks and constarch in a glass bowl.
• Cook in the microwave on high for three minutes.
• Stir, then cook three more minutes or until thickened.
• Remove and stir in sour cream.
• Cool the mixture, then pour it into the crust.
• Refrigerate until set.
• When you are ready to serve the pie,whip the whipping cream with the confectioners sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
• Top the pie with the sweetened whipped cream.