I'll be spending the rest of the day making southern lemon pies for my Nurses when I was in the hospital with covid-19 and their family's so I'll be off twitter for a bit. If you want to make one yourself I'll leave the recipe in the replies.

Peace Y'all

8 to 10 servings

All purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
2 Packages Cream Cheese (Room temp)
Unsalted butter
Vegetable shortening (Room temp)
4 large eggs (Room temp)
1 to 2 large lemons
Vanilla extract
Lemon extract
Yellow Gel paste food coloring
Confectioners sugar

Tools you’ll need
9 inch round pie pan
Parchment paper
1 pound beans
Food processor
Rolling pin

Preparation of pie crust
Step 1- Add 2 cups All purpose flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 6 tablespoons unsalted butter (Cold) and 6 tablespoons shortening (Room temp) into a food processor. Pulse for 1 to 2 minutes or until the butter & shortening is cut into flour

Transfer flour mixture into large bowl.

Step 2- Add 1/3 cup cold water 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract. Stir with a spoon to combine the flour mixture and the water. Form mixture into a dough using your hands.

tep 3- Roll dough into a big ball, wrap with plastic wrap and place into fridge for 10 to 20 minutes.

Step 4- Lightly flour surface of table. Place dough on top of table. Press dough into a flattened circle with your hands. Add a small amount of flour on to dough

Step 5- Add a small amount of flour on to dough. Place rolling pin at the edge of the circle of dough and proceed to roll dough on to rolling pin. Make sure you add flour on to the dough as you are rolling the dough on to the rolling pin.

This will prevent the dough from sticking to the rolling pin or on to itself.

Step 6- Place rolling pin on to edge of pie pan and carefully unroll the dough from the rolling pin on to the pie pan. Raise the edge of the dough while slightly pressing dough inside the pie pan.

Cut 2 inches off of ends of dough using kitchen scissors. Once done roll and tuck dough under the edge of pie pan.
Step 7- Place index finger & middle finger on edge of pie shell. Push outward with your right index & middle fingers while pushing inward with your left index finger

Step 8- Place Pie Shell into Freezer for 1 hour or until it’s frozen. Once done remove pie crust from freezer. Add parchment paper and 1 pound beans into frozen pie shell.

Pre-baking pie crust
Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Step 9-Place into a preheated 375 degree oven on middle rack for 35 minutes. Once done remove pie from oven. Let cool completely before adding the filling.