Easy Lemon Pie with Grape-Nuts Crust Recipe
This tasty pie is made with a homemade crust made from Grape-Nuts.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 421kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup Grape-Nuts Cereal
- ¼ cup frozen apple juice concentrate thawed
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 2 large eggs
- Juice from 3 lemons + zest from one of them
- Whipped cream for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray glass pie pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
- Place cereal in food processor and pulse until it is fine. There will still be some nutty bits. Add thawed apple juice and pulse until combined. Use a spatula to scrape sides of food processor and ensure that all of the cereal is moistened.
- Place mixture in bottom of pie pan and pat out until the bottom is covered as well as half way up the sides. Bake for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, combine condensed milk, eggs, lemon juice and zest with whisk until well blended. Pour into prepared pie crust and bake for 15 minutes.
- Allow to cool completely and then refrigerate for a couple of hours. Best served cold.
- Garnish with whipped cream, if desired.
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Notes
You can make your own concentrate by boiling one cup of apple juice over medium-high heat until it cooks down to ¼ cup. Allow it to cool before using it in this recipe.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 421kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 252mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 57g
