Sunday, December 20, 2009

Does anyone have the original joy of cooking lemon meringue pie recipe?

please help, I need the original lemon meringue pie recipe from the Joy of Cooking cookbook - I need to replicate the one my mom made, and I'm sure that's the book she got it out of. Thanks!Does anyone have the original joy of cooking lemon meringue pie recipe?
This is from my Joy of cooking printed in 1972.


1 baked pie shell





Combine in the top of a double boiler:


1 cup sugar


5 to 6 tablespoons cornstarch


1/8 teaspoon salt.


Add very gradually:


2 cups milk.


Stir and cook these ingredients over, not in, hot water for about 8 to 12 minutes or until the mixture thickens. Cover and cook for about 10 minutes more, stir occasionally. Remove from heat. Pour a little of the mixture over 3 beaten egg yolks. Beat this and return the whole mixture to the double boiler. Cook and stir over boiling water for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Beat in 3 tablespoons butter


1/2 cup lemon juice


2 teaspoons grated lemon rind. Cool the custard, then pour into bakes pie shell. Cover with meringue





To make meringue:


preheat oven to325 degrees. Whip till frothy 2 egg whites.


Add: 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar.


Whip till stiff. Beat in 3 tablespoons sugar slowly, 1/2 teaspoon at a time. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla


Top the lemon filling with the meringue and then bake for 10 to 15 minutes. That's it.

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