Ingredients
Pie
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 3 tbsp corn starch
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1 dash salt
- 1 1/2 cup water hot
- 3 egg yolk slightly beaten
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/2 tsp lemon peel grated
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 1 pie shell baked and cooled
Meringue
- 3 egg white
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 6 tbsp sugar
Servings: servings
Instructions
Pie
- In saucepan, mix 1 1/2 cups sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt.
- Gradually add hot water, stirring constantly.
- Cook and stir over high heat till mixture comes to boiling.
- Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer then remove from heat.
- Stir small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks then return to hot mixture.
- Bring to boiling and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Add butter and lemon peel.
- Slowly add lemon juice, mixing well.
- Pour into pastry shell.
- Spread meringue over filling; seal to edge.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 12 to 15 minutes.
- Cool before cutting.
- NOTE: For creamier filling, cook and stir first 5 ingredients 8 minutes over low heat after mixture comes to boiling. Blend in egg yolks as above. Cook four minutes after mixture boils.
Meringue
- Beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar till soft peaks form.
- Gradually add sugar, beating until stiff and glossy and all sugar is dissolved.
Recipe Notes
Source: Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook