Old-Fashioned Lemon Pie Recipe

Old-Fashioned Lemon Pie Recipe

Ingredients:

1.5 c of white sugar
2 Tbsps of cornstarch
1.5 c of water
1/3 tsp of cream-of-tartar
1 Tbsp of butter
3 pcs of eggs
1 pie crust; baked
2 pcs lemons (juiced); zests grated

Instructions:

Combine 1 c of water, butter and 1 c of sugar in pan. Let it boil for 3 mins. Mix cornstarch w/ 1/2 c of water then add to pan. Stir it well.

Next, add the lemon juice and grated zests. Add yolks then thoroughly stir ’til mixture will thicken. Remove pan from the heat; let it cool.

Meanwhile, beat whites ’til stiff then add the rest of sugar to the white gradually then fold 1/3 of egg-white mix into filling. Then, pour the filling into prepared pie crust. Add the cream-of-tartar to the remaining egg-white mixture so meringue will form

Top w/ meringue. Preheat oven (400 deg F) then turn off right before putting pie in. Bake pie about 15 mins ’til meringue turns golden-brown.

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