Lemon Pie

Ingredients

• Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 egg yolk
• pinch salt
• 1 pie shell (8 inch)
• Meringue:
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 4 Tbsp. sugar

Directions

Mix cornstarch, sugar, salt, water and butter. Lastly add rind, juice and egg yolk and cook until thick. Stir often to keep from scorching. Pour into 8 inch pie shell. When cool, cover with meringue. Meringue: Whip egg whites, vanilla and sugar until stiff peaks form. Put on lemon filling and bake at 375 degrees F for about 8 minutes.

By Robin from Washington, IA

Answers:

Lemon Pie

What size can of lemonade? 6oz or 12oz? Thanks! (07/01/2005)

By claudiacy

Lemon Pie

It would be the bottled lemon juice, and not the lemonade. (09/09/2008)

By Marjorie

Lemon Pie

Robin, so it is ok to eat the raw egg yolks in this? Recipe it sounds really good and I would love to make it. Thank you for all your wonderful and tasty recipes! (09/09/2008)

By Annie Rios Hill