Lemon Meringue
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 tsp. cornstarch
- 1 1/2 cup water
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 6 tbsp. lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp grated lemon rind
Directions
- Mix sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Gradually stir in water cook over medium heat stirring constantly. Boil 1 minute after thickened. Beat in egg yolks. Boil 1 minute longer and remove from heat. Add butter, lemon juice and lemon rind and mix. Pour into a baked 9 inch pie shell. Cover with meringue and bake until lightly brown
- From the kitchen of Mrs. Philip Benjamin, 1965 Rice County Homemakers
