World’s Best Lemon Pie Recipe – Easiest recipe ever

World’s Best Lemon Pie Recipe – Easiest recipe ever: This lemon meringue pie is so delicious and perfect for sharing! The sweet and tart lemon filling is thickened with cornstarch, flour, and egg yolks.

World’s Best Lemon Pie Recipe – Easiest recipe ever

Directions

1. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°.

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3. Line crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edge is golden brown, 20-25 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 350°.
4. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt. Gradually stir in water. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from the heat.
5. Gradually stir 1 cup hot mixture into egg yolks; return all to saucepan. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Stir in the butter, lemon juice and zest until smooth. Pour into pie crust.
6. In a bowl, beat egg whites and salt until stiff (but not dry) peaks form. Gradually beat in sugar until soft peaks form. Spread over pie, sealing edge to crust. Bake at 350° until meringue is golden, 12-15 minutes. Cool. Store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

World’s Best Lemon Pie Recipe – Easiest recipe ever

Ingredients

• Dough for single-crust pie
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups water
• 3 large egg yolks, beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
• MERINGUE:
• 3 large egg whites, room temperature
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sugar

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 385 calories, 15g fat (9g saturated fat), 103mg cholesterol, 338mg sodium, 59g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.

WORLD’S BEST LEMON MERINGUE PIE

DIRECTIONS

• In saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt; blend in water.
• Stir, while bringing to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until thick, about 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; return to hot mixture.
• Bring to boiling and cook one minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Add lemon peel and butter.
• Slowly stir in 1/3 cup lemon juice.
• Cool to lukewarm; pour into cooled pastry crust.

World’s Best Lemon Pie Recipe – Easiest recipe ever

MERINGUE:

• Beat egg whites with 1 teaspoon lemon juice to soft peaks.
• Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff peaks form and ALL the sugar has dissolved (test with fingers).
• Spread over filling, SEALING to edges of pastry to avoid shrinking.
• Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees Fahrenheit) 12 to 15 minutes or until meringue is golden brown.
• Cool pie thoroughly.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups sugar
• 7 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 dash salt
• 1 ¹⁄₂cups water
• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 teaspoon lemon, rind of, grated
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ¹⁄₃ cup lemon juice
• 1 pie crust, baked