Celebrate Lemon Meringue Pie Day

What tastes like bright sunshine and puts a smile on everyone’s face? Yes! Lemon Meringue Pie. August 15^th is Lemon Meringue Pie Day, so let’s celebrate with a delicious recipe!

Crust:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3 to 4 tablespoons cold water

Filling:

• 3 egg yolks
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup + 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

Meringue:

• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:

1. In medium bowl, mix flour and salt. And then cut in shortening, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until mixture forms coarse crumbs the size of small peas. Sprinkle with cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, tossing with fork until flour mixture is moistened and can be pressed into a ball.
2. Shape into flattened round on lightly floured surface. Wrap in plastic wrap; refrigerate about 45 minutes or until dough is cold.
3. Heat oven to 450°F. With floured rolling pin, roll pastry on lightly floured surface into round 2 inches larger than upside-down 9-inch glass pie plate. Fold pastry into fourths; place in pie plate, or roll pastry loosely around rolling pin and transfer to pie plate. Unfold or unroll pastry and ease into plate, pressing firmly against bottom and side. Trim overhanging edge of pastry 1 inch from rim of pie plate. Fold and roll pastry under, even with plate; flute as desired. Prick bottom and side of pastry thoroughly with fork to prevent puffing. Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until light brown; cool on cooling rack.
4. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. In small bowl, beat egg yolks with fork. In 2-quart saucepan, mix 1 1/2 cups sugar and the cornstarch; gradually stir in 1 1/2 cups water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.
5. Immediately whisk at least half of hot mixture into egg yolks; stir back into hot mixture in saucepan. Return to boiling; boil and stir constantly 2 minutes; remove from heat. Stir in butter, lemon zest and lemon juice with whisk. Cover and keep warm.
6. In medium bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar with electric mixer on high speed until foamy. And then beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; scrape side of bowl occasionally. Continue beating until stiff, glossy peaks form and sugar is completely dissolved. And then beat in vanilla. Pour hot lemon filling into baked pie shell. Drop spoonfuls of meringue onto hot lemon filling, and carefully spread meringue to cover top completely, spreading to edge of crust to prevent shrinkage or weeping.
7. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until meringue is browned and temperature reaches 160°F. And then cool on cooling rack 1 hour. Refrigerate about 4 hours or until filling is set. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

This recipe came from the Betty Crocker website.

Here are some other Lemony desserts to try:

Gluten-Free Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Lush

Lemon Squares

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