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Grandma's Lemon Meringue




Source of Recipe


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Recipe Introduction


POINTS® value | 2
Servings | 8

I used the phyllo dough rather than crust to lower the points. I also used splenda instead of sugar. Recipe called for the juice of 1-1/2 medium lemons. I guessed that to be 1 1/2 cups.


List of Ingredients




1 1/4 cup McNeil Nutritionals SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp table salt
1 1/2 cup water
3 large egg(s)
1 tsp lemon zest
1 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
4 sheet phyllo dough
6 packet McNeil Nutritionals SPLENDA (R) No Calorie Sweetener
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract




Recipe



Preheat oven to 350°F.
Combine the sugar, flour, salt and water in a heavy saucepan. Stir constantly over medium-high heat until mixture boils. Boil, stirring constantly and vigorously, for 1 minute. (A long-handled spoon to stir with really helps here to get you back from the heat.) Remove from heat.

Separate the eggs (using the whites for the meringue) Slightly beat the egg yolks in a bowl with a fork. Mix half the boiled mixture with the egg yolks. Then put the egg yolk mixture back into the pan with the boiled ingredients, and cook for 1 more minute, stirring constantly and, again, vigorously. Remove from heat, and add the butter.

Add the lemon zest and lemon juice. Stir to mix thoroughly.

Pour into cooled, baked 9-inch pie crust and top with meringue (recipes follow), sealing meringue to edge of pastry. Bake in a 350°F oven 12 to 15 minutes or until nicely browned.

Meringue
3 egg whites, at room temperature
6 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
Beat the egg whites at high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. With mixer running, add the cream of tartar, then gradually add the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, and beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in the vanilla.
Pile atop pie, and bake at 350°F for 12 to 15 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Be sure to seal the meringue to the pastry edge when spreading it on your pie. To minimize "weeping", spread the meringue on the pie filling while the filling is hot. Also, remember that meringue pies cut better with a wet knife blade.