Lemon Meringue Pie(Foods Lab Special) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Bake pie shell.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Mix sugar and cornstarch in 1 1/2-quart saucepan.
Stir in water gradually.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Stir at least half of the hot mixture gradually into egg yolks.
Blend into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil and stir 1 minute.
Remove from heat.
Stir in margarine, lemon peel, lemon juice and food color.
Pour into pie shell.