Grandma’s Lemon Meringue Pie

Posted by ljmacphee on May 24, 2007 under Dessert, Grandmother's Recipes |

Grandma’s Lemon Pie

2 cups milk
2 eggs, separated
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
pinch salt
juice from 1 lemon

Mix milk, sugar, salt and egg yolks and simmer over very low heat until warm

Add in cornstarch and milk and cook until thick

Remove from heat, add lemon

Beat eqq whites until stiff

Pour lemon mix into pie shell

Top with meringue (egg whites)

Bake at 350 until set and meringue just beginning to brown

This was a hand written recipe I found in a recipe box of my Grandmother’s.

Lemon meringue pie has been popular in the US since the 1800s especially in the southern part of the country. It is believed to have originated in Philly in the shops of Elizabeth Coane Goodfellow.