Gram's Holiday Ricotta Pie
Submitted by: stargazerss (see all recipes) | Source: My Gram
- Servings: 10
- Prep Time: 15min
- Cook Time: 75 min
- Total Time: 1 hr 40 min
Ingredients:
| Crust: | |
| ¼ cup | Butter |
| ⅔ cup | Sugar |
| 3 cups | Flour |
| 1 tsp | Baking Powder |
| 2 | Eggs |
| Filling: | |
| 3 lbs | Ricotta Cheese |
| 1½ cups | Sugar |
| 5 | Eggs, beaten |
| ¼ tsp | Cinnamon |
| 1 tsp | Lemon Zest |
| 1 tsp | Vanilla |
| Egg Wash | |
| Additional Sugar & Cinnamon, if desired |
Directions:
Mix pastry dough and divide into quarters. Roll out 1 quarter dough to fit into 9" pie plate. Place in pie plate. Roll another 1 quarter and cut into 1" wide strips. Mix ingredients for filling and fill pie plate. Cover filling with the dough strips in a lattice weave or place decoratively across pie. Brush strips with egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tsp water) and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon if desired. Repeat with remaining dough and filling to make a second pie. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for for 1 1/4 hours or until filling is set. Cool on rack and then chill in refrigerator at least 2 hours.
Helpful Tips:
This pie is delicious served chilled with a little whipped cream.
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