Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Easy Lemon Cream Pie
Easy Lemon Cream Pie brings together vanilla wafers, sweetened condensed milk, and lemon. Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. The quick notes will help you get the small jobs lined up before you start.
- Prep
- 20 min
- Cook
- 10 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 7 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Desserts
- Cuisine
- American
- Cooking method
- Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 16–30 minutes
- Dietary characteristics
- Vegetarian
A few quick notes
1. Plan the chilling step
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
2. Get the oven ready first
Start with the oven-preheating step in the recipe. Then use the preparation steps that follow to get the food ready for the hot oven.
3. Keep the mixtures separate until their step
The method prepares more than one mixture before bringing them together. Set out the separate bowls or containers it calls for, then combine them at the stated step.
Get to know the ingredients
Vanilla wafers
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Use a food processor or rolling pin to crush the vanilla wafers into very fine, even crumbs.
Sweetened condensed milk
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Add the sweetened condensed milk to a bowl along with the lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract.
Lemon
Look at how this ingredient comes into the method: Zest and juice the lemons.
Let’s make it
Choose your servings, then check things off as you go.
Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
0 of 7 steps completeMake room for Easy Lemon Cream Pie
Review ingredients in your pantry before anything is added. Meal plans use your household size; grocery-only additions use the servings selected above.
The last little job
Keep the last little job in mind
The recipe finishes with this step: Slice into 8 pieces and serve. Set out what you need for that finish before the cooking gets busy.
A little more help as you go
Get the blending equipment ready
There is a blending step in this method. Set up the appliance called for and follow its instructions along with the recipe, including any cooling or handling directions before blending.
Watch the texture as you whip
Use the texture described in the whipping step as your guide. Keep checking the mixture as it changes, and move on when it reaches the point the recipe calls for.
Match the preparation in the method
Take a look at the chopping, slicing or shaving step before bringing the parts together. Use the preparation described there so the food goes into the next stage in the form the recipe expects.
A few questions you might have
What should I get ready before starting?
Set out the oven and food processor. Read the first preparation step before you get going: Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Which little step is worth remembering?
Read the chilling step before deciding when to start. Make room in the fridge and use the time and sequence in the recipe, so that part does not catch you by surprise.
What happens at the end?
Keep this part of the method in view: Slice into 8 pieces and serve.
Is there another preparation step to plan for?
There is a blending step in this method. Set up the appliance called for and follow its instructions along with the recipe, including any cooling or handling directions before blending.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: Budget Bytes. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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