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    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Published: Apr 2, 2015 · by Kim Lange · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Luscious Sour Cream Lemon Pie is  the perfect storm of sweet, tart and tangy lemon flavor in this rich and creamy Lemon Pie! It’s perfectly suited for spring or summer via that bright and sunshine color!  So Pretty!! 

    Jaws will drop and there will be serious, serious major drooling. *drool*  (told ya...) And that first bite of pie?

    Well, you better get ready to dive in, because there will be no turning back. 

    sour cream lemon pie recipe

    This Sour Cream Lemon Pie recipe has been around for awhile.  It's simple to make, sure to please lemon lovers and it’s a stunning dessert for any dinner party or family function.

    More desserts like this sour cream lemon pie recipe include these 25 Heavenly Desserts, these Soft Lemon & Blueberry Explosion Cookies and these White Chocolate Chip Lemon Cookies!

    Trust me when I say, after that first bite of pie, you will want to finish that whole piece, and will be tempted for seconds, and thirds and don't count out fourths!

    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Ingredients You Need

    Graham Cracker Crust

    • Keebler Graham Cracker Crumbs
    • butter 
    • granulated sugar

    Lemon Sour Cream Filling

    • granulated sugar
    • lemon juice 3 - 4 lemons,
    • lemon zest
    • cornstarch
    • egg yolks
    • vanilla almond milk or milk of choice
    • butter 
    • sour cream
    • Optional: Whipped cream + ½ tablespoon lemon zest for top of pie

    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    How to Make Lemon Sour Cream Pie Recipe

    Graham Cracker Crust

    1. In a medium bowl, add graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar and mix with fork until well combined.
    2. Pour and press crumb mixture down into the bottom and up sides of 8" or 9" spring-form pan.
    3. Chill in freezer while preparing filling.

    Lemon Sour Cream Filling

    This lemon filling is extremely easy to make and takes about 10 minutes to thicken.

    1. In a large saucepan, whisk the lemon juice, lemon zest, cornstarch, sugar, egg yolks and almond milk while cooking over medium-low heat whisking constantly, until mixture becomes thick like pudding. Remove mixture from the heat and whisk in the butter until well combined.
    2. Allow mixture to cool and gently stir in sour cream. Add mixture to the graham cracker pie crust and cool in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours before serving.
    3. Optional: Add ½ tablespoon of lemon zest to top of pie filling and top individual pie slices with whipped cream before serving.
    4. Keep pie refrigerated.

    Substitutions

    • If you prefer, you can use a pastry crust instead of a graham cracker crust. Use my recipe for the easy homemade pie crust here.

    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Lemon Sour Cream Pie is so delicious and easy to make.  It will quickly become a lemon favorite in your home all year round.  Enjoy!

    Sour cream favorites of ours include our Sour Cream Banana Bars and our Sour Cream Banana Bread!

    More Lemon Love?

    • Lemon Layered Pudding Cheesecake Bars
    • Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake Delight
    • Lemon Blueberry Explosion Loaf
    • Tangy Lemon Cream Cheese & White Chocolate Chip {Cake Mix} Cookies
    •  Lemon Burst Poke Cake
    • Starbuck's CopyCat Lemon Loaf
    • Home-made Lemon Curd
    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!

    Kim Lange
    Perfect storm of sweet, tart and tangy lemon flavor in this rich and creamy, Luscious Lemon Sour Cream Pie!
    4.86 from 21 votes
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    Ingredients
      

    Graham Cracker Crust

    • 2 cups Keebler Graham Cracker Crumbs
    • ½ cup butter melted
    • 2 tablespoons sugar

    Lemon Sour Cream Filling

    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • ½ cup lemon juice 3 - 4 lemons,
    • 1 tablespoon lemon zest
    • 3 ½ tablespoons cornstarch
    • 3 egg yolks lightly beaten
    • 1 cup vanilla almond milk or milk
    • ½ stick butter cubed
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • Optional: Whipped cream + ½ tablespoon lemon zest for top of pie

    Instructions
     

    Graham Cracker Crust

    • In a medium bowl, add graham cracker crumbs, melted butter and sugar and mix with fork until well combined.
    • Pour and press crumb mixture down into the bottom and up sides of 8" or 9" spring-form pan.
    • Chill in freezer while preparing filling.
    • In a large saucepan, whisk the lemon juice, lemon zest, cornstarch, sugar, egg yolks and almond milk while cooking over medium-low heat whisking constantly, until mixture becomes thick like pudding. Remove mixture from the heat and whisk in the butter until well combined.
    • Allow mixture to cool and gently stir in sour cream. Add mixture to the graham cracker pie crust and cool in the refrigerator for at least 3 hours before serving.
    • Optional: Add ½ tablespoon of lemon zest to top of pie filling and top individual pie slices with whipped cream before serving.
    • Keep refrigerated.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

     Other Lemon Pies I'm crushin' on!

    • Atlantic Beach Pie via Our State
    • No-Bake Lemon Cloud Pie via Meals
    • Lemon Blender Pie via The Blender Girl {Healthy Blender Recipes}
    • Want more lemon love?  I got your sweet and sour here!

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    About Kim Lange

    Hi! I'm Kim! As you may know, I'm cookie, brownie and chocolate obsessed! You'll find hundreds of decadent and healthy dessert recipes to choose from here! So, let's bake something easy and never forget the chocolate!

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    1. Misty says

      May 22, 2021 at 11:00 am

      This has become one of the requested desserts fir family functions! So yummy and a great tasting pie.

      • Kim Lange says

        May 22, 2021 at 12:01 pm

        I'm so happy to hear it's so requested for family functions! Thank you for trying it Misty! xo

    2. Karen says

      April 09, 2015 at 12:27 pm

      this looks divine...I must try!

      • ChocolaTess says

        April 09, 2015 at 5:00 pm

        Thank you Karen! You must try it! It really is divine!!

    3. [email protected] says

      April 07, 2015 at 10:13 am

      This looks divine and easy enough for me to try. I've been looking for a great Lemon Cream Pie recipe. Stopping by from Titus2Tuesday.

      • ChocolaTess says

        April 07, 2015 at 2:25 pm

        Oh you have to try this Mariet! Easy and soooo, so good! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by!

    4. Teresa says

      April 03, 2015 at 9:44 pm

      Looks lovely, Kim. Pinning so I can make this soon.

      • ChocolaTess says

        April 04, 2015 at 9:36 pm

        Thank you Teresa! It's incredible, you will love it!

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