Best Lemon Puckers Recipes

MOM'S LEMON PUCKER PIE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare or bake the pie crust of your choice.
• 2. Measure the sugar, cornstarch, and salt into a pan and whisk to mix. Slowly add the hot water stirring constantly and cook over direct heat until the mixture is thick and clear, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir. Stir ½ cup of the hot mixture into the beaten yolks then stir the yolk mixture back into the hot mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in butter. Add lemon peel and juice and stir until smooth. Cool and pour into baked pie shell.
• 3. Meringue: Beat egg whites with the cream of tartar until frothy. Gradually beat in the 6 Tbs. of sugar a little at a time. Beat until the meringue stands in firm, glossy, peaks. Add lemon juice and lemon peel and continue to beat a few more minutes. Spread meringue on pie making sure it touches the inner edges of the crust. Bake in a slow oven (325F) 10 minutes, or, until delicately browned. Cool.

THE BEST LEMON BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 2 cups flour and 1/2 cup sugar. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 inch pan.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden. In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar and 1/4 cup flour. Whisk in the eggs and lemon juice. Pour over the baked crust.
• Bake for an additional 20 minutes in the preheated oven. The bars will firm up as they cool. For a festive tray, make another pan using limes instead of lemons and adding a drop of green food coloring to give a very pale green. After both pans have cooled, cut into uniform 2 inch squares and arrange in a checker board fashion.

LEMON PUCKERS

Steps:

• Cream the butter and cream cheese. Add the sugar and then the egg yolk. Add the lemon rind and mix well. Mix the salt with flour and add in small amounts to the butter-sugar mixture, blending well after each addition. Add the walnuts and refrigerate the dough for 2 hours.
• When the dough is ready to bake, form it into three logs, each approximately 6 inches long, and flatten the logs slightly. Cut 12 1-by-3-inch ovals from each log.
• Bake the cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet at 325 for 18 to 22 minutes, until they are lightly browned.
• Cool the cookies on racks and glaze with a mixture of the confectioners' sugar and lemon juice.

JOANNE FLUKE'S PUCKER UP LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray a 9 x 13" cake pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
• Wash the outside of your lemon and pat dry. Cut in half and juice the lemon, reserving the liquid to use later. Pick out the seeds and cut each half into four pieces.
• Put these 8 pieces along with the raisins and the pecans into a food processor and pulse until very finely chopped. That's right, you're using the entire lemon in this cake. Set this mixture aside.
• In your electric mixer bowl, add one cup of flour, the salt, baking soda, and sugar. Mix them on LOW for about 30 seconds.
• Add the second cup of flour and mix on LOW for about 30 seconds.
• Add the softened butter, the lemon extract and 3/4 cup of milk. Beat on LOW until the flour is well moistened. Then turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes.
• Shut off the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Turn the mixer on LOW and add the eggs, one at a time, beating continuously. Now add the last of the milk.
• Once everything is incorporated, turn the mixer up to MEDIUM-HIGH and beat for 2 minutes. Turn off the mixer, remove the bowl and scrape down the sides.
• Gradually add the ground lemon, raisin and pecan mixture, folding it in gently so you don't deflate all that lovely air you just beat into the mixture.
• Pour into your prepared pan and smooth out as evenly as possible. This batter is a bit stiff.
• Bake for 40-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove to a wire rack.
• While the cake is still warm, drizzle 1/3 cup of the fresh lemon juice over the surface of the cake. It will instantly be absorbed.
• In a small bowl, combine 1/2 cup white sugar and 1 tsp ground cinnamon until well mixed. Sprinkle this cinnamon/sugar mixture over the still warm cake.
• Optional: Sprinkle 1/4 cup finely chopped pecans on top of the cinnamon/sugar mixture.
• Let your cake cool to room temperature, cover with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator. This will keep your cake nice and moist.
• You can serve the cake right out of the fridge or let it come to room temperature.
• It also freezes well if you wrap it in plastic wrap, then foil, and place the whole thing in a sealable freezer bag.