How To Make Amish Custard Cottage Cheese Pie
Part custard and part cheese pie, this tasty treat is made with cottage cheese. You can choose to cook this over a pastry crust or a graham crust.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 16ozcurd cottage cheese
- 1cupwhite sugar
- 3tbspall purpose flour
- 1tspfresh lemon juice
- 1pinchsalt
- 3egg yolks
- 3egg whites
- 12fl ozevaporated milk
- 1½cupsmilk
- 2pie shell,(9-inch)
Instructions
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Place cottage cheese in strainer and let drain for about 1 hour or until most of liquid has been drained.
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
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In a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, sugar, flour, lemon juice, salt, egg yolks, evaporated milk, and regular milk. Mix well.
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In a separate clean bowl, beat egg whites until firm. Fold into batter until smooth. Pour into pie crusts.
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Bake for 15 minutes at 425 degrees F, then reduce oven to 350 degrees F and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.
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Cool on racks, then refrigerate. Flavor improves if served a day after baking.
Nutrition
- Calories: 265.26kcal
- Fat: 11.73g
- Saturated Fat: 4.99g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 4.18g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.19g
- Carbohydrates: 32.82g
- Fiber: 0.56g
- Sugar: 16.82g
- Protein: 7.42g
- Cholesterol: 41.35mg
- Sodium: 273.94mg
- Calcium: 117.88mg
- Potassium: 165.13mg
- Iron: 0.51mg
- Vitamin A: 45.99µg
- Vitamin C: 0.57mg
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