Old-Fashioned Lemon Pie Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/3 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 3 eggs
- 2 lemons, juiced, and rinds grated
- 1 baked pie shell
Directions:
- Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water and butter. Let boil 3 minutes.
- Add cornstarch mixed with remaining 1/2 cup water. Stir well. Add grated rind of lemons and juice. Add egg yolks and stir well until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and let cool.
- Beat egg whites until very stiff; add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, a little at a time, to egg whites and fold one-third egg white mixture into pie filling. Pour into the pie shell. Add cream of tartar to remainder of egg white mixture to form meringue; cover pie with meringue. Bake 15 minutes in oven preheated to 400 degrees F and TURNED OFF before placing pie inside. Let pie remain in oven until meringue is golden brown.