Sunday With A Lemon Pie....

There's no other dessert than... Lemon Meringue Pie.

My grandmother use to make the best Lemon Meringue Pie.  I use to smell her baking from a cross the street as a kid on our small farm in Indiana.  Then wonder over to see her (and see if I could get some pie!)  :D  Love grandma!!  She past away some years ago, but I still remember her pie.  I never found the recipe she used, except for the meringue recipe, which looks like it's from a very old newspaper (not sure which one).  So I decided to try and make one.  Now, I've never made Lemon Meringue Pie before, ever.  I would always just wait for grandma to make it or buy it from the store.  I always worried it wouldn't come out like her pie.  So even though I don't have the recipe I decided to go by the Jell-O box one, and just use her meringue one with it.  It's funny as I made the pie I thought of how proud grandma would be that I'm trying to bake like her.  It made me miss her... I will always miss her, but never forget her.  So in honor of her, I made my first Lemon Meringue Pie.  It's not grandma's, but it's the memory of her that the pie brings to me.  And I love that most of all....  Enjoy!

Classic Lemon Meringue Pie

Prep: 25 mins Serves:8 (Jell-O Cook & Serve Pudding & Pie Filling - Lemon)

• Stir pudding mix, 1/2 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water and 2 beaten egg yolks in medium saucepan.
• Stir in 2 cups water.
• Bring to full boil on medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Cool 5 mins, stirring twice.
• Pour into cooled baked 9-inch pastry crust. (I used pre-made pie dough, and baked it in a 9-inch pie pan as per directions on pie dough box.  Then let cool.) 

Never-Fail Meringue
1 tbsp cornstarch
2 tbsp cold water
1/2 cup boiling water
3 egg whites
6 tbsp sugar
1 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt

• Blend cornstarch and cold water in a saucepan. 
• Add boiling water and cook, stirring until clear and tickened.
• Let stand until completely cold.
• With electric beater at high speed, beat egg whites until foamy.
• Gradually add sugar and beat until stiff, but not dry.
• Turn mixer to low speed, add salt and vanilla.
• Gradually beat in cold cornstarch mixture.
• Turn mixer again to high speed and beat well.
• Spread meringue over cooled pie filling.
• Bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.

Images by Me; Recipes from Jell-O; Anonymous - Never-Fail Meringue Recipe