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Lemon Meringue Pie

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As a big fan of lemon desserts, a good lemon meringue pie is at the top of my list. The light, spring flavors make it the perfect Easter dessert.

Ingredients

  • 9 whole Graham Cracker Sheets (4 Small Rectangles Per Sheet)
  • ½ cups Old Fashioned Oats
  • ¼ cups Brown Sugar, Packed
  • ⅛ teaspoons Salt
  • 6 Tablespoons Butter, Melted
  • 6 whole Eggs, Separated
  • ½ teaspoons Cream Of Tartar
  • ⅓ cups Sugar, Superfine (baker's Sugar)
  • 6-½ Tablespoons Cornstarch, Divided
  • ¾ cups Water
  • ¾ cups Whole Milk
  • 1-¼ cup Sugar
  • ⅔ cups Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon Zest
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter At Room Temperature, Cut Into Pieces

Preparation

Heat the oven to 350 F. Put the graham crackers in a food processor and whirl until you have fine crumbs. Add oats, brown sugar and salt, and then pulse to incorporate. Add melted butter and pulse to combine. Press crumb mixture into a 9″ pie pan, covering the bottom and sides of the pan. Bake for 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool. Keep the oven on.

In a stainless steel or copper bowl whip the egg whites until they are foamy. Add cream of tartar and continue whipping until the egg whites form soft peaks. Combine superfine sugar and 1 tablespoon of the cornstarch in a separate small bowl. Add the sugar and cornstarch to the egg whites a few tablespoons at a time, whipping until stiff peaks form. Set aside while you prepare filling.

In a medium saucepan, whisk together egg yolks, water, milk, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, remaining 5 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch and salt. Whisk over medium heat until the mixture begins to boil. Reduce heat to low and continue to whisk while the mixture thickens, about 3-4 minutes. You know the mixture is done when it is thick and heavily coats the back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat and whisk in butter. Immediately fill the crust with the filling while the filling is still hot.

Give the meringue one last whip to freshen it and spoon meringue onto the filling, covering the filling completely, so that it touches the crust all the way around. I like to mound more meringue in the middle of the pie and slope it down to the edges of the pie. Use the back of a spoon to swirl the meringue into little peaks all over the top of the pie.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until the meringue has nicely browned. Remove from oven and set pan on a cooling rack. Let pie cool and refrigerate three hours before serving.

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