Lemon Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (9-inch) pie shell, baked
1 1/2 c. sugar
1/3 c. plus 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 1/2 c. water
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 tsp. grated lemon peel (optional)
1/2 c. lemon juice
1 or 2 drops yellow food coloring (if desired)

Preparation

Bake pie shell.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
In saucepan, blend sugar and cornstarch.
Combine egg yolks and water; stir gradually into sugar mixture.
Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Remove from heat; stir in butter, lemon peel and juice and food coloring. Immediately pour into baked pie shell.
Heap meringue on hot pie filling; spread over filling carefully, sealing the meringue onto edge of crust to prevent shrinking or weeping.
Bake about 10 minutes or until delicately browned.
Cool pie away from draft.