Mother'S Lemon Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. water or milk
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. flour
pinch of salt
1 c. sugar
3 egg yolks
5 Tbsp. lemon juice or to suit taste
large size piece butter

Preparation

Boil milk.
Mix cornstarch and flour with sugar; then add 1/2 cup additional cold water and mix until smooth.
Beat egg yolks and add to flour mixture; then add to boiling milk, stirring all the while.
Place on stove and cook until it boils and becomes thick.
Add lemon juice and butter; pour into baked shell.
Cover with meringue made from egg whites and sugar.
Brown in oven.