Old Fashioned Lemon Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 c. water
grated rind of 1 lemon
juice of 2 lemons
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
6 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Combine sugar and cornstarch thoroughly in heavy boiler.
Add water, grated rind and lemon juice to mixture.
Cook over low heat until the mixture begins to thicken.
Beat egg yolks slightly.
Add hot mixture, a little at a time, to the beaten egg yolks.
Return mixture to boiler and continue to cook over low heat until mixture thickens to consistency desired.
Pour cool mixture into a 9-inch pastry shell.
Top with meringue.
Brown meringue in oven preheated at 350\u00b0.