>From the Love to Know Recipes website...
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Lemon Pie
Ingredients
* 1 large cup sugar
* 1-¾ cups water
* 4 tablespoons cornstarch
* Grated rind of 1 lemon
* 3 tablespoons lemon juice
* 2 tablespoons vegetable butter
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 egg separated
* Pie crust
* Lemon extract
* 1 Tbsp. cold water
* 2 Tbsp. sugar
Instructions
1. Mix the sugar and the starch thoroughly.
2. Bring water, salt, and lemon rind to a boil, pour gradually over the starch
and sugar mixture, and stir smooth.
3. Return to the fire, and boil until thick and clear.
4. Separate the yolk from the white, beat the yolk and the lemon juice, and
pour in a little of the hot mixture, stirring so as not to cook the yolk.
5. Briskly stir the yolk mixture into the cooked starch, and continue to stir
over the fire for a few moments, but do not boil.
6. Set off the fire, add the butter, mix and pour into a crust shell and set
aside.
7. Add to the white 1 tablespoon cold water and a sprinkle of salt, and beat
until very foamy; then add gradually, while beating, 2 tablespoons sugar, and
continue to beat until firm enough to spread nicely.
8. Flavor with lemon extract, spread over the pie, and brown lightly in the
oven at 200 degrees.
NOTE - The mixture should never be boiled after the lemon juice is added, as
that would cut the starch and thin the mixture.
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Rhonda G in Missouri
Pen Pal, Friend, Mom and Chief Bottle Washer
