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Grandma’s Lemon Meringue Pie
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.
