Italian ricotta Pie

Ingredients:

Crust:

1/4 cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

2-4 Tbsp cold water

Filling:

3 lbs ricotta

1 1/2 cups sugar

5 eggs

tsp lemon zest

1 tsp vanilla

Mix pastry dough, adding just enough water to combine, usually 2 tbsp.,  and divide into quarters. Roll out  1/4 dough to fit into 9" pie plate. Roll another 1/4 and cut into 1 " strips . Mix ingredients for filling and fill pie plate. Cover filling w/ the dough strips in a lattice weave or decoratively across pie. Brush strips w/ egg wash (1 egg beaten with 1 tsp water).  Repeat w/ remaining dough and filling. Bake for 1 1/4 hours in a preheated 350 degree oven until filling is set. Cool on rack and then cool in refrigerator 
for at least 2 hours.