Best Ever Lemon Pie

9 ingredients
19 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
  • 6 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 1/3 c. lemon juice
  • 3 Tbsp. butter
  • 1 1/2 tsp. lemon extract
  • 1 1/4 c. sugar
  • 2 c. water
  • 3 eggs, separated
  • 2 tsp. vinegar

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix sugar and
  2. 2
    cornstarch together in a pan.
  3. 3
    Add the 2 cups of water
  4. 4
    and
  5. 5
    cook
  6. 6
    over moderate heat, stirring until slightly thickened. (May be cooked in microwave.) Combine egg yolks with juice
  7. 7
    and beat.
  8. 8
    Stir a small amount of hot cornstarch mixture into yolks.
  9. 9
    Stir all of yolks into cornstarch mixture.
  10. 10
    Cook until
  11. 11
    thick,
  12. 12
    stirring frequently.
  13. 13
    Add lemon extract, butter and
  14. 14
    vinegar.
  15. 15
    Pour
  16. 16
    into
  17. 17
    pie
  18. 18
    shell and let cool.
  19. 19
    Cover with meringue and brown.

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