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.
