Lois's Magic Lemon Pie

Total Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 15 ounces sweetened condensed milk
• 1 teaspoon lemon, zest of
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 egg whites
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 18 graham cracker squares
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 lb butter or 1/4 lb margarine
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon

Recipe

• 1 thoroughly mix crust ingredients and pack into a nine inch pie pan.
• 2 bake at 375 degrees for 10 minutes and put aside to cool.
• 3 reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees.
• 4 in a mixing bowl, combine condensed milk, lemon juice, lemon zest and egg yolks.
• 5 stir until mixture thickens.
• 6 pour into cooled crust.
• 7 add cream of tartar to the egg whites and beat until almost stiff.
• 8 add sugar gradually, beating until stiff and glossy but not dry.
• 9 pile lightly on pie filling.
• 10 bake at 325 until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• 11 cool thoroughly.
• 12 hint: try to get the crust thickness very even and not too thick.