About
When creamy and refreshing are on your mind, try a beloved treat that will become a staple at all of your future gatherings! Old-Fashioned Baked Lemon Pudding is pure golden perfection and will bring back the days when times were simpler. Freshly squeezed lemon juice and some of its zest bring this custard-like pudding to life in a thick, creamy, out-of-this-world kind of way. Topped with a little confectioners' sugar and some whipped cream, Old-Fashioned Baked Lemon Pudding is truly a page out of the past with a bright future ahead. Simpler times call for sweet, simple desserts! It's so golden!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs, yolks and whites separated
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons lemon zest, freshly grated, plus 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup whole milk
- confectioners' sugar, to taste, for garnish
- whipped cream, to taste, for serving
Directions
Step 1 -Adjust an oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Step 2 -Grease a 5-cup ceramic or glass baking dish.
Step 3 -In a large bowl, add the butter and gradually add the granulated sugar, while mashing with a wooden spoon, until it looks like damp sand.
Step 4 -Add the egg yolks to the butter-sugar mixture and beat with an electric hand mixer on low speed until they are combined.
Step 5 -Add the flour to the egg yolk mixture and beat to combine.
Step 6 -Add the lemon zest and the lemon juice to the flour mixture and beat to combine.
Step 7 -Add the milk to the flour mixture and whisk to combine.
Step 8 -In a second large bowl, add the egg whites and beat with a clean electric hand mixer until stiff peaks form.
Step 9 -Gently fold the egg whites into the pudding mixture.
Step 10 -Pour the pudding mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake until it is just set and the top is golden-brown, about 40 minutes.
Step 11 -Serve the pudding, garnished with the confectioners' sugar and the whipped cream.
