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Lemon Meringue Pie

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Prep Time45 minutes
Recipespie meringue lemons dessert

Description

This is the pie for all the true lovers of Lemon Meringue Pie. Make the best-tasting pies imaginable. This tangy lemon pie is topped with a scrumptious, baked meringue that is so good tasting it simply melts in your mouth. Come on, indulge yourself. Try this delicious lemon meringue pie recipe and see how good it can taste.

Ingredients

  • 1 c all purpose flour for pastry
  • 1⁄2 t salt for pastry
  • 5⁄8 c vegetable shortening for pastry
  • 1⁄3 c ice-cold water for pastry
  • 2 1⁄4 c sugar for pie
  • 4 1⁄2 T cornstarch for pie
  • 4 1⁄2 T flour for pie
  • 1 ds salt for pie
  • 2 1⁄4 c hot water for pie
  • 4 slightly beaten large egg yolks for pie
  • 3⁄4 t grated lemon peel for pie
  • 3 T butter for pie
  • 1⁄2 c fresh lemon juice for pie
  • 4 egg whites at room temperature for meringue
  • 1 t vanilla for meringue
  • 1⁄2 t cream of tarter for meringue
  • 1⁄2 c sugar for meringue

Instructions

Pastry Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In mixing bowl, combine flour, salt and shortening. Mix with pastry blender until mixutre crumbles. Add water:
combine dough just enough to hold together. Roll out crust onto pastry cloth or flour dusted pastry board. Place in 9 inch pie pan. Gently shake to shrink dough. For pie shells, prick with fork. Trim edges and flute edges.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool on pie rack

Lemon Pie Instructions:
In saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt. Gradually blend in water. Bring to boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to medium, cook and stir 8 minutes or more. Remove form heat. Stir in a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks in a small bowl (save whites for merinque first), then return eggs to hot mixture. Bring to boil over high heat. Stirring constantly. Reduce to low and cook and stir
4 minutes longer. Remove from heat and add lemon peel and butter. Gradually stir in lemon juice. Cover entire surface with clear plastic wrap and cool 10 minutes. Pour into baked shell.

Four Egg White Meringue Instructions:
Combine egg whites, vanilla, and cream of tarter. Beat with electric mixer on medium about 1 minute or until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar beating on high speed about 4 minutes or until stiff, glossy peaks from and sugar dissolves. Immediately spread over warm pie filling carefully sealing to edges to prevent shrinkage. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until meringue is golden. Cool on a wire rack. Cover and chill to store.

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