Grandmas Lemon Pie
From blueeyes68ky 15 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
Recipe taken from Taste of Home Magazine by Gwen Johnson. See recipe for cook time.
Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups sugar shopping list
- 6 tablespoons cornstarch shopping list
- 2 cups water shopping list
- 3 egg yolks shopping list
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine shopping list
- 1/3 cup lemon juice shopping list
- 2 teaspoons vinegar shopping list
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon extract shopping list
- 1 pastry shell (9 inches), baked shopping list
- MERINGUE: shopping list
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons water shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch shopping list
- 3 egg whites shopping list
- 6 tablespoons sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- Pinch salt shopping list
How to make it
- In a saucepan, combine sugar and corn starch.
- Gradually add water.
- Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly.
- Reduce heat to low; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir 1 cup of hot filling into egg yolks.
- Return all to pan and bring to a gentle boil.
- Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir in butter.
- Gently stir in lemon juice, vinegar and extract.
- Pour hot filling into pastry shell.
- For meringue, combine water and cornstarch in a saucepan until smooth.
- Cook and stir until thickened and clear, about 2 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Meanwhile, beat egg whites in a mixing bowl until foamy.
- Graducally beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.
- Beat in vanilla and salt.
- Gradually add cornstarch mixture, beating well on high.
- Immediately spread over warm filling, sealing edges to pastry.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
- Cool.
- Stoure in the refrigerator.
- Yield: 6-8 servings.
The Rating
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Obviously your only goal today, blue, is to make us all fat(ter)! What wonderfully devious ways you have found to reach it. Thanks.. five.
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wow love lemon pie {One of my favorites} thanks Blue
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