LEMON MERINGUE PIE 
4 tbsp. (heaping) cornstarch
Juice of 2 lemons (plus rind, grated)
1 1/4 c. warm water
1 c. sugar
6 eggs (yolks only), save whites for meringue
2 tbsp. butter

Mix cornstarch and sugar together. Add this plus the lemon juice and rind to beaten egg yolks. Pour water on this mixture. Place in pan on medium heat, stirring constantly, until mix thickens. Add butter. Pour into baked pie shell. Cover with meringue and set in slow oven at 300 degrees to lightly brown meringue.

MERINGUE:

6 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Start on low speed to beat egg whites until frothy, slowly add sugar. Go to medium speed. Add cream of tartar, switch to high speed until stiff and add vanilla. Take some of the meringue and seal around the inside of pie with (mer) them puffs.

 

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