Lemon Meringue Pie by Betty Crocker

slice of lemon meringue pie with bite on a fork

Lemon Meringue Pie by Betty Crocker

Recipe for delicious lemon meringue pie from the Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook from the 1950s. Just as good now as it was then!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time18

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: lemon meringue pie, lemon pie

Servings:

Calories: 382kcal

Ingredients

Pie Crust

1 9 inch Frozen Pie Crust Or homemade

Filling

1 ½ cup sugar
⅓ cup cornstarch
1 ½ cup water
3 egg yolks slightly beaten
3 T butter
4 T lemon juice
1 ⅓ T grated lemon rind

Meringue

3 egg whites
¼ tsp cream of tartar
6 T sugar
½ tsp flavoring optional

Instructions

Bake the frozen pie crust per package directions and set aside to cool.
Add the sugar and cornstarch to a medium saucepan and whisk together. Add the water. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens and comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute.
Slowly stir some of the thickened sugar mixture into the egg yolks that have been slightly beaten. Use two or three spoonfuls of the hot mixture to temper the eggs. Put the egg mixture back into the saucepan with the sugar mixture and cook for 1 minute, sitrring constantly.
Remove from heat, continue to stir, add the butter, lemon juice, and lemon zest. Stir until smooth.
Pour into baked pie shell. Cover with meringue.
For the meringue, beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Add the sugar a little at a time. Add flavoring if desired
Spread the meringue over the filling, all the way to the edge of the crust to seal. This will help prevent shrinking.
Bake in the oven at 400° for 8-10 minutes until the meringue is delicately browned. (Depending on your oven, you might require a lower temp or reduced time.) Just watch it closely.
Cool, and then refrigerate.

Notes

Please note nutritional numbers are just estimated and not calculated by a nutritionist.

I substitute Swerve granular sugar substitute in the filling and Swerve confectioners sugar substitute in the meringue to reduce the calories a bit. This is just an option.

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