Lovely Lemon Meringue Pie

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon rind
• 3 eggs, seperated
• 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• 1 pie shell
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine the cornstarch, 1 1/4 of a cup of sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind.
• 2 seperate the eggs and beat the egg yolks. add to lemon mixture.
• 3 in a sauce pan over medium heat, gradually add boiling water. heat the mixture to a gentle boil and continue for 4 minutes.
• 4 add the mixture to the pie shell.
• 5 for meringue: beat the egg whites using a mixer until stiff, then beat in the remaining 6 t of sugar.
• 6 spread the meringue over the hot pie. be sure to seal the edges with mergingue.
• 7 bake at 425 degrees in a hot oven for 4-5 minutes or until the tips of the meringue are golden brown.
• 8 let cool and serve cold.
• 9 enjoy!