Duncan Hines, the man, not the brand.

Thats how I became obsessed with a lemon chiffon pie recipe.

Lemon chiffon pie sounds like the kind of dessert that should be left to professional pastry chefs.

Duncan Hines Lemon Chiffon Pie

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This pie is tall and airy yet has a creamy, sweet-tart filling that cuts into impossibly gorgeous slices.

In a newspaper clippingthe Redditor states it is from 1948Hines shared a recipe for lemon chiffon pie.

(The instructions do call for a baked pie shell.)

Ingredients to make Duncan Hines lemon chiffon pie

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Place a heat-proof bowl with your ingredients on top of the saucepan.

You want it to fit snugly without touching the simmering water.

A double boiler at your service.

Duncan Hines lemon chiffon pie

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But Hines was right in assuming his readers' abilitiesthis pie recipe is so simple to make.

Waiting two hours for the pie to set in the fridge might be the hardest part of making it.

Im already making up reasons to make this pie again.