LEMON MERINGUE PIE

My dad has never been one to like sweets all that much.  I remember growing up he would always say "You know Mel, chocolate (pie, ice cream, etc...) isn't very good for you".  Which I would generally ignore but will never forget him saying.  I always knew the only kind of sweets he might actually want to eat was apple pie, an ice cream sundae with peanuts and lemon meringue pie.  Even though I have never made a lemon meringue pie before but I thought it was something I had to try to make him for father's day.  So, I found a recipe and while the steps seem pretty intimidating it wasn't all that difficult!  It's not my favorite kind of pie (I'm a blackberry pie kind of gal) but it came out pretty darn good if I do say so myself!  So here's the recipe!

INGREDIENTS:

LEMON FILLING

1 cup white sugar (I think you could do 3/4 cup depending how sweet you like it)

2 tbsp all purpose flour

3 tbsp cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups water

2 lemons juiced & zested

2 tbsp butter

4 egg yolks

MERINGUE

4 egg whites

6 tbsp white sugar

1 pie crust

1. Bake pie crust in 9 inch pie pan for 10 minutes (until golden brown)

2. Mix the first 6 ingredients together and bring to a boil.  Once boiling add the butter.  Once the butter has melted scoop out 1/2 cup of sugar mixture and whisk together with the egg yolks.  Stir the egg yolk mixture back into sugar mixture and continue stirring until it becomes a thick substance.  Add to baked pie crust.

3. Take the 4 egg whites and begin to mix them together with the electric mixer until they become foamy.  Slowly mix in the 6 tbsps of white sugar until peaks begin to form.  Spoon the meringue onto the lemon filling sealing the edges at the crust.

4. Bake pie for 10 minutes.

5. Cut & Enjoy!