Melt in Your Mouth Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

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This is a super delicious recipe and it’s one of our favorites because we grow our own lemons. Even if you have to use store bought lemon juice it will still be a tart and sweet favorite.

Pie Crust Instructions: Bake Pie Shell at 350 degrees. Once you have pressed the pie crust dough into the pie tin, cover it with clean glass marbles. This will prevent bubbles from forming under the crust. Bake crust by itself before putting in lemon meringue filling for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Pie Filling Ingredients: • 1 1/2 Cups sugar • 1/3 Cup plus 1 TBS cornstarch • 1 1/2 Cups water • 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten • 3 TBS margarine or butter • 2 tsp grated lemon peel • 1/2 Cup lemon juice (fresh squeezed is best) • 2 drops yellow food color if desired

Lemon Filling Directions: • Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. • Mix sugar and cornstarch in 1 1/2-quart saucepan. Gradually stir in water. • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and boils. • Boil and stir 1 minute. • Gradually stir at least half of the hot mixture into egg yolks. • Stir into hot mixture in saucepan. • Boil and stir one minute; remove from heat. • Stir in margarine, lemon peel, lemon juice and food color. • Pour into pie shell.

Meringue Topping Ingredients for 9 Inch Pie: • 3 Egg Whites • 1/4 tsp Cream of Tartar • 6 TBS Sugar • 1/2 tsp Vanilla

Meringue Directions: • Using an electric hand mixer with a whisk attachment: • Beat Egg Whites with Cream of Tartar in a 3-quart bowl until foamy • Beat in Sugar, 1 TBS at a time: until stiff and glossy • Add Vanilla and continue beating until it gets stiff • Spread Meringue with a plastic spreading spatula on top of the lemon pie. Carefully sealing Meringue to the edge of the crust to prevent shrinking or weeping. • Place entire pie in the oven and bake at 400 degrees until top of meringue turns a delicate brown.