Southern Sweet Tea Pie
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
-
Crust
- 85.04 g cream cheese
- 118.29 ml unsalted butter
- 295.73 ml all-purpose flour, unbleached
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Filling
- 236.59 ml butter, room temperature
- 473.18 ml granulated sugar
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 8 egg yolks
- 177.44 ml orange pekoe tea, warm, strong
- 14.79 ml vanilla extract
- 4.92 ml apple cider vinegar
- 14.79 ml lemon juice
- 29.58 ml all-purpose flour, unbleached
- 9.85 ml cornmeal
directions
- In bowl of electric mixer, beat cream cheese and butter until well combined. Add flour and mix at low speed until dough forms a ball. Pat dough into 9-inch pie pan.
- Place pie shell in freezer while preparing filling. Heat oven to 350°F.
- In bowl of electric mixer, beat butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add sugar. Add lemon zest. Add egg yolks a little at a time allowing each addition to incorporate; scraping bowl often.
- Slowly add tea, vanilla, vinegar, and lemon juice. Add flour and cornmeal.
- Remove crust from freezer and fill.
- Bake at 350F for 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Chill at least 2 hours before serving.
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