Lemon Fluff Pie

This delectable dish can be found in the 1936 edition of the Sarnia Canadian Observer.

In keeping with a tone of celebrating the everyday “for whatever occasion” is an ad for flowers by Alice May Barron. Alice was born in Forest, Ontario in the mid-1880s and married carpenter Thomas Watson Shillinglaw in 1937. Alice operated a florist shop on Front Street in Sarnia for many years and worked in the greeting card department with the Moore Paint Store upon selling her business. Alice was a member of the Central United Church. She passed in 1954 and is buried at the Lakeview Cemetery.

Crust

• 1 ½ cups flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ cup shortening
• ¼ cup cold water

Filling

• 3 eggs
• 1 lemon
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Separate eggs. Beat yolks up with one-half cup sugar. Add water, grated rind and juice of lemon. Cook in double boiler until thick. Have egg whites beaten dry: add salt and remaining half cup of sugar. Pour into this the cooked mixture blending it well together. Fill baked pie shell. Bake in a very slow oven not more than five minutes. Brown lightly under boiler.