Best Lemon Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 baked pie pastry shell
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
dash of salt
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
1/2 tsp. grated lemon peel
1 1/2 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. flour
1 1/2 c. hot water
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1/3 c. lemon juice

Preparation

Prepare and bake pastry shell; cool.
In saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch, flour and salt.
Gradually add hot water, stirring constantly.
Cook and stir over high heat until mixture comes to a boil; reduce heat, cook and stir 2 minutes.
Remove from heat. Stir small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks, then return egg mix to saucepan; bring to boil, cook and stir 2 minutes.
Remove from heat.
Add butter and lemon peel; slowly add juice and mix well.
Pour into shell; spread meringue over filling.
Seal edges. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 12 to 15 minutes.
Cool.