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Lemon Custard Pie

This turned out so wonderful that I wish I could take full credit for it, but sadly, I can't.  The original recipe came from  Taste Of Home .  I made a few changes so I'll type up what I did and if you want the original, you have the link to that too. Lemon Custard Pie Crust I made a graham cracker crust, because I'm not a fan of regular pie crust. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup graham crackers crumbs 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, melted Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all the ingredients together and then press into the bottom of a spring form pan. Bake in the oven for about 8 minutes or until golden brown. Custard Filling Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp butter, softened 2 eggs, separated 1 cup milk 3 tbsp flour 1/8 tsp salt 1/4 cup lemon juice Directions: In a large bowl, beat together the sugar and butter.  Add the egg yolks in, one at a time, letting it mix well between each yolk.  Add the milk, flour and salt.  Mix well.  Stir in

Happy Homemaker Monday

The weather in my neck of the woods: It's 49 degrees right now.  I think it's going to get up into the 60s today, but also supposed to rain all day. Things that make me happy:   Daylight Savings Time ending Book I'm reading:   Cleaving by Julie Powell What's on my TV today:   I have no idea, maybe last weeks Grimm and Once Upon A Time. On the menu for dinner: I believe we are going out to a family birthday dinner  at Cinzetti's On my To Do List: Laundry Bed making Dishes Vacuuming New Recipe I tried or want to try soon: My husband is always on Reddit and he recently found their food subreddit so he has been sending me all sorts of things he wants to try.  I think he wants me to make this tomorrow:  For The Love of Cooking - Pumpkin cookies with cinnamon icing In the craft basket: I'm about to start a wall cross stitch project for the kids room and play room. Looking forward to this week: Hopefully getting our schedule worked out so I actual