Ashlee Marie - real fun with real food

Cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, culinary travel and over the top parties

Sour Cream Lemon Pie Recipe

By 42 Comments

I have two go-to deserts! My Flourless chocolate cake and this Sour Cream Lemon Pie. I love love LOVE this pie. It’s the perfect amount of sour lemon and creamy goodness!

This sour cream lemon pie is my go-to pie. EVERYONE loves it and the recipe turns out perfect every time

AND I have a video for you! Not just this recipe but all four of my go to pies! This recipe along with my cream cheese pumpkin pie, Coconut Cream Pie AND my Pecan Tart (available in the Thanksgiving ecookbook). Enjoy!

the most delicious pie ever, this sour cream lemon pie is creamy and tart with an amazing texture and flavor

I could eat an entire pie myself in one sitting. And I have! I guard this pie fiercely and I’m known to not share very well. My kids love it so I hide it. Silly huh? I really should let them have it so I can make myself a fresh one when it’s gone! It’s not even than time consuming to make. The only frustration is that it has to setbefore you can enjoy it! It is SO worth it!

it doesn't get better than this sour cream lemon pie recipe

3.86 from 14 votes
it doesn't get better than this sour cream lemon pie recipe
Print
Sour Cream lemon Pie Recipe
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
chill time
4 hrs
Total Time
4 hrs 30 mins
 

the best sour cream lemon pie you'll ever taste.  A tart lemon flavor in a creamy pie that everyone loves.

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: lemon sour cream pie, pie crust, pie recipe, sour cream lemon pie
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 159 kcal
Author: Ashlee Marie
Ingredients
  • Cooked 9 inch pie crust I like the pate sucree
  • 1 C granulated sugar
  • 3 ½ Tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 Tbsp lemon rind grated
  • ½ C fresh lemon juice
  • 3 lrg egg yolks slightly beaten
  • 1 C whole milk
  • ¼ C butter
  • 1 C full fat sour cream
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Combine sugar, cornstarch, lemon rind, juice, egg yolks and milk in sauce pan, and cook over med heat until thick.
  2. Stir in the butter (I use frozen butter to help it cool) and cool to room temp.
  3. Stir in the Sour cream and Pour into pie shell.
  4. Refrigerate and serve with Whipped cream. (I usually have my first slice after about 4 hours, but it is definitely more set and better the next day)

Recipe Video

this sour cream lemon pie recipe is a classic

I also happen to have the PERFECT pie crust! I make a double or triple batch and plastic wrap and freeze the extra so I have them when I need it! Often I’ll decide at midnight that I need a lemon pie and it’s nice to have this on hand. In fact I keep lemons on hand all the time JUST for a midnight pie creation!

homemade thansgiving cookbook

Do not miss a single post. Subscribe to weekly recaps for Ashlee Marie by Email
Ashlee Marie

Ashlee Marie

CEO at Ashlee Marie Cakes
Ashlee Prisbrey is a self taught cake decorator and home chef turned blogger turned youtuber. On her blog and youtube channel she shares cake decorating tutorials, from scratch recipes, and themed party food (cause for her parties are all about the food). In addition to blogging and videos she travels around the country speaking at blog conferences. Last year she competed on Food Network, the Halloween Baking championship, a dream come true! Ashlee loves empowering women and moms, in the kitchen, in blogging or in life. Her motto is nothing is too hard with the right tips and tricks.
Ashlee Marie

@ashleemariecake

Ashlee Marie
Ashlee Marie
Ashlee Marie
Follow Me on Pinterest

Reader Interactions

Comments

    • Thanks! I was never much of a pie person, and this one totally changed me around! I still don’t make a ton of pies, but I’m willing to try them because of how amazing this one is!

      Reply

    • I’m the same way! I hide my candy/goodies from my kids and husband. They just don’t appreciate the good stuff so they should eat the rest and let me enjoy the good stuff. But then I have to remind myself that I can always make more, and if I share I’ll always get to make myself the fresh stuff!

      Reply

  7. Oooh yummo, bookmarking this one — lemony pies like lemon meringue are my absolute favorite (but like I’d make meringue, HA!) so I’m really excited to try this. I need to stop clicking on the recipe links cause I swear I’m gaining weight. 🙂 Have a good day!

    Reply

    • I love lemon goodness too!!! But I’m not REALLY into meringue! So using Whipped cream instead is my drug of choice! I hope you like it! I love collecting recipes from online, but I’m WAY behind on trying them all! Mostly because they all sound so good I can’t pick which one to try next!

      Reply

    • Thanks! The summer I got the recipe from my mom I made it at LEAST once a week. Of course I was nursing a newborn so I was a veracious eater! It is SO good!

      Reply

    • I’m not sure. It will probably affect the taste, but how much? Who knows. It will probably still be wonderful. The real question is would it affect how it sets?

      Reply

  12. This looks & sounds delish! Will definitely make it. I used to hide things from my kids when they were young ~ so funny! 🙂 Now, I think my son & d-i-l try to do this too. My daughter loves anything lemon so this will be a must.

    I’m your newest follower too. Stop by and say hi when you can. Off to look for more recipes here…

    Pat

    Reply

  13. stopping in from creations by kara and this has caught my eye before I think. I want to make this and eat it by myself. Yep I’m selfish! Thanks for the recipe 🙂

    Reply

  14. mmm…. I’ve been hunting for this recipe for forever – thanks so much for sharing it on the SYS Blog Party! I love lemon pie, and don’t care much for the typical lemon meringue variety.

    Reply

  17. Love Love Loved your Sour Cream Lemon Pie! My mom made this pie for years. No one could find the recipe. I saw yours and thought it sounded similar to my Momma’s! It was perfect! I made 2 pies, one for our family dinner party and one for my husband and I to savor together at home! Thank you Ashlee, you made our Thanksgiving a hit! Everyone Loved it!!!

    Reply

  19. I will make this – on my way to the store for lemons! I don’t the the prep time and the total time are both 5 hours though!

    Reply

    • GAH those stupid prep time/cooking time things. There is no place for me to put a total time, so There is only prep and cook and the app add’s it together for total time, stupid… so I even put the cooling down, or wait time in the “prep” section so that the total time is right. I either put just the time I’m working on a recipe, then get emails over how much longer it took, or I put the full time and people aren’t willing to try cause they think it takes too long, but if I leave it blank it still shows up on the plug in, GAH, sorry, ramble over… BEST PIE EVER, enjoy!

      Reply

  20. Hi! I’d really like to try this, it looks wonderful! I’d just like to ask: do you turn off the heat before adding the butter or after adding the butter and then letting it cool to room temp.?

    Reply

    • I’ve substituted tofu for eggs in baked cakes but never in this pie. I’d recommend finding an eggless lemon curd recipe and adding sour cream to it, it won’t be quite the same but it will be close

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.