Easiest Way to Prepare Appetizing Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Meringue Pie.

You can have Lemon Meringue Pie using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Lemon Meringue Pie

1. Prepare 1 cup of white sugar.
2. You need 2 TBS of all-purpose flour.
3. It's 3 TBS of cornstarch.
4. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
5. You need 1 1/2 cups of water.
6. You need 2 of lemons, juiced and zested.
7. You need 2 TBS of butter.
8. It's 4 of egg yolks, beaten.
9. It's 1 of (9-in) pie crust, baked.
10. Prepare 4 of egg whites.
11. Prepare 6 TBS of white sugar.

Lemon Meringue Pie step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Make lemon filling: in a medium saucepan, whisk together 1 cup sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Stir in water, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil..
3. Stir in butter. Place egg yolks in a small bowl and gradually whisk in 1/2 of the hot sugar mixture. Whisk egg yolk mixture back into remaining sugar mixture. Bring to a boil and continue to cook while stirring constantly until thick. Remove from heat, pour mixture into baked pie shell..
4. Make Meringue: in a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites until foamy. Add 6 TBS sugar gradually, and continue to whip until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over pie, sealing the edges at the crust..
5. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until meringue is golden brown. Allow to cool. Store covered in refrigerator..