It is my husband’s birthday and around here birthdays are all about food. I will post his dinner request later, for now I am working on dessert. He loves lemon so this year I am making Lemon Chess Pie.

My four year old insists that it is not a birthday unless we have cake, so I will also make a mini cake!

Lemon Chess Pie

For Crust:

8 oz. butter, cold

2 cups flour

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 cup cold water

for filling:

8 oz butter

1 3/4 cup sugar

6 eggs

1/2 tsp salt

juice and rind of three lemons

Preheat oven to 400F.

In the bowl of a stand mixer blend the dry ingredients for the pie crust. Slowly add the water until it just comes together (you might not need it all). Split into two and roll out. Put into a pie pan and crimp edges.

For filling, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add salt, juice and rind and beat well. Pour into the two crusts.

Bake until browned and the center is set, about 20-25 minutes. If it starts browning too quickly tent the pie with some foil.