Recipe: French Lemon Pie (using fresh lemon slices)

FRENCH LEMON PIE

1 (9-inch) unbaked pastry shell
1 cup sugar
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp flour
3 eggs
1 cup light corn syrup
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
2 tsp grated lemon rind
3 tbsp lemon juice
1 lemon, thinly sliced

Prepare pastry shell in a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable bottom or a regular pie plate; chill.

Mix sugar and flour in a large bowl. Add eggs, syrup and melted butter; beat with rotary beater until well mixed. Stir in lemon rind and juice. Pour mixture into unbaked pastry shell. Arrange lemon slices on top.

Bake on lower shelf of oven at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes or until center is almost set but still soft. Cool thoroughly on wire rack before slicing.

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