My Favorite Lemon Meringue Pie
- 34 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 14 teaspoon salt
- 1 14 cups hot water
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 3 eggs, separated
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 baked pie shell
- 3 egg whites, room temperature
- 14 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- Mix first four ingredients in saucepan.
- Add hot water; cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.
- Add lemon juice and mix well.
- Add slightly beaten egg yolks, a little at a time, to keep the eggs from cooking too fast and being unable to blend into mixture.
- Cook until mixture begins to bubble.
- Remove from heat; add butter.
- Cool for a few minutes and pour into baked pie shell.
- Top with meringue.
- Bake in 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until meringue is golden brown.
- Meringue:.
- In clean glass mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with mixer until foamy.
- Increase speed of mixer and slowly add sugar, one tablespoon at a time.
- Mix on high until peaks form.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/my-favorite-lemon-meringue-pie-129520 (may not work)