Shaker Recipe of the Month

Kitchen of the Church Family, Hancock Shaker Village
Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, September 1873

March 2010

Ohio Lemon Pie

This is yet another very old lemon pie recipe which the early Ohio Shakers fashioned frequently. “Slice two lemons as thin as paper, rind and all. Place them in a bowl (it states ‘yellow bowl’) and pour over them 2 cups of sugar. Mix well and let stand for 2 hours or better. Then go about making your best pastry for 2 crusts. Line a pie dish with the same. Beat 4 eggs together and pour over lemons. Fill unbaked pie shell with this and add top crust with small vents cut to let out steam. Place in a hot oven [at 450 degrees F.] for 15 minutes then cut down heat and bake until a silver knife inserted into custard comes out clean.” Be prepared for an old fashioned taste treat!

This and other Shaker recipes can be found in Shaker Cook Book, by Caroline Piercy and Arthur Tolve (Bowling Green, Ohio, Gabriel’s Horn Publishing Co., 1984). Used by permission.

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