Cookbook Table of Contents

Lemon Pie

Ingredients

9" pie crust
1 1/2 C sugar
1/3 C cornstarch
2 C water
2 eggs (whites for meringue and yolks for pie)
1/3 C lemon juice
sprinkle salt
3 T butter

Preparation

  1. Blind bake a Pie Crust
  2. Mix sugar, cornstarch, and water.
  3. Cook till clear.
  4. Beat egg yolks, then add small amount of cooked mixture so it won't curdle.
  5. Add egg yolk mixture to pie filling and cook till boils.
  6. Remove from heat and add lemon juice and lemon rind of 1 lemon, butter and salt.
  7. Pour hot lemon filling into pie crust
  8. Add Meringue topping
  9. Bake in oven at 350 for 10 minutes or so until the meringue starts to brown.