lemon meringue pie

Name: Lemon Meringue Pie
Ingredients: - baked pie crust; 3 tablespoon(s) corn starch; 1 cup(s) sugar; 2 tablespoon(s) sugar; 1 - grated rind of lemon; 4 tablespoon(s) lemon juice; 1 tablespoon(s) butter; 3 - egg yolks; 1 1/2 cup(s) boiling water; 3 - egg whites; 6 tablespoon(s) sugar

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Susan Magness

Cleburne, TX

Updated on Aug 13, 2011

There's not much better than a good Lemon meringue Pie. This was my grandmas Lemon Meringue pie and she was the master of a good pie.

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Ingredients

- baked pie crust
3 tablespoons corn starch
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
1 - grated rind of lemon
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter
3 - egg yolks
1 1/2 cups boiling water
3 - egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar

How To Make lemon meringue pie

Step 1

Combine 3 tablespoons corn startch with 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar in top of double boiler. Add the grated rind of one lemon, 4 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon butter and 3 egg yolks, beaten.

Step 2

Mix well then add 1 1/2 cups boiling water very slowly. Cook over hot water until very thick. Cool. Pour into pastry shell. Beat 3 egg whites until almost stiff, then add 6 tablespoons sugar while continuing to beat stiff. Arrange meringue on filling. Bake 30 minutes at 300 degrees.
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