Lemon meringue pie #3

10 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Packaged pie crust; pre-baked if frozen
4 larges Egg yolks
3 larges Eggs
1 cup Granulated sugar
¾ cup Fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons Cornstarch
1 Stick chilled butter; cut into small pieces
4 larges Egg whites
¼ teaspoon Cornstarch
¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar
½ cup Superfine sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Directions

FILLING

MERINGUE

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To prepare filling, in top of a double boiler, whisk together egg yolks, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and cornstarch.

Place over simmering water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Do not let mixture boil.

Remove mixture from over water. Stir in butter. Pour into crust.

2. To prepare meringue, beat egg whites at medium speed until foamy. Beat in cornstarch and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar and vanilla at high speed until stiff, but not dry, peaks form.

3. Spoon meringue into a large pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe meringue decoratively over filling to edge of crust. Bake pie until meringue is golden, 12 to 15 minutes.

FROM "GREAT AMERICAN HOME

BAKING" CARDS

From a collection of my mother's (Judy Hosey) recipe box which contained lots of her favorite recipes, clippings, etc. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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