Yellow Squash Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 cups yellow squash, cooked and drained well
• 4 whole eggs, lightly blended
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 tablespoons lemon extract
• 9 inches pie plate

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 cook (steaming works well) enough yellow squash (crookneck, not butternut or such) to a nice soft consisitency, enough to equal 2 full cups cooked and drained, about 20 minutes.
• 3 in mixing bowl, combine squash, eggs and sugar; stir, but do not beat.
• 4 add lemon extract.
• 5 pour into a lightly buttered pie plate and bake approximately 40 minutes at 350 degrees or until pie is custard consistency. let cool and chill in refrigerator.
• 6 serve cold. tastes like lemon custard.
• 7 note: recipe originally had 1 cup sugar, which has been reduced to 3/4 cup (or even less, depending on your preferred taste).