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.
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