Favorite lemon pie
Yield: 1 Pie
Ingredients:
- 6 sl Bread; approximately
- 1 c Sugar
- 3 Egg yolks; slightly beaten
- 1 lg Lemon; juice of
- 1 tb Butter
- 1 Pie shell; 9" baked
- 3 Egg whites
- 3 tb Sugar
Instructions:
Cut crusts from bread slices. Dip slices in bowl of water to soften; squeeze out water. Use enough bread to make 1 cup but do not pack too tighlty. Put bread sugar egg yolks lemon juice and butter in top of double boiler. Cook until mixture thickens; then spoon into pie shell. Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar and continue beating until mixture forms peaks. Spread meringue over filling. Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until meringue is brown. SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine sometime in 1974. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.



