Fluffy Lemon Chiffon Pie

Fluffy Lemon Chiffon Pie – This old-fashioned recipe is the perfect lemon dessert, soft and fluffy with a homemade vanilla wafer crust.

Lemon Chiffon Pie

A homemade vanilla wafer crust paired with a fluffy lemon filling. This is such a nice refreshing dessert on a warm day or after a family BBQ.

Ingredients for Lemon Chiffon Pie

• Vanilla Wafer Cookies – I prefer the Classic Nilla Wafer Cookies for this recipe.
• Butter – you will need one stick of butter. Salted or unsalted butter will both work.
• 4 eggs – yolks and whites divided.
• Lemon zest – don’t skip this ingredient. It gives the pie a better depth of flavor.
• Lemon Juice – freshly squeezed.
• Granulated White Sugar
• Salt
• Cold Water
• Unflavored Gelatin – see picture above if you aren’t familiar with what to look for when shopping for this ingredient.
• Cool Whip – one 8 oz container of thawed Cool Whip recommended.

How to Make Lemon Chiffon Pie

1. Start by preparing vanilla wafer crust.
2. Use a food processor to process cookies into crumbs. Alternatively, you can place cookies in a plastic baggies and use a rolling pin to crush.
3.  Combine crumbs with melted butter and press into 9 inch pie pan. Bake for 15 minutes until lightly golden and then set aside to cool completely.
4. Combine unflavored gelatin with cold water and set aside.
5.  Use a double boiler to combine egg yolks, sugar, salt, lemon zest, and lemon juice. Whisk constantly until the mixture turns an opaque color and slightly thickens. Remove from heat and combine with gelatin mixture.
6. Use a stand mixer or a hand mixer to beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into lemon mixture.

Recipe Tips

• Use a microplane to zest lemon. Zest only the yellow part of the peel. The white part underneath will make the pie bitter.
• You can substitute 4 cups of homemade whipped cream for Cool Whip.
• If you don’t have a double boiler, you can use a stainless steel mixing bowl set on a pot of simmering water. The bottom of the mixing bowl should not touch the water.