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Favorite Lemon Pie

Courses: Dessert, Pies
Serves: 1 people

Recipe Ingredients

6   Bread - approximately
1 cup 198g / 7ozSugar
3   Egg yolks - slightly beaten
1   Lemon - juice of (large)
1 tablespoon 15mlButter
1   Pie shell; 9" - baked
3   Egg whites
3 tablespoons 45mlSugar

Recipe 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 tightly. 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 350Fabout 20 minutes or until meringue is brown.

Source:
Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1974. .

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