Lemon Meringue Bars - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (3 ounce) package pie crust mix
1/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon flour
2 egg whites, room temperature
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
3 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Blend piecrust mix, the 1/4 cup sugar and 1 of the eggs in medium size bowl with a pastry blender.
Pat dough evenly into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
Bake in oven (350) for 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack; leave oven on.
Beat the remaining 3 eggs and the 1 cup sugar in a medium size bowl with mixer until light and fluffy.
Beat in lemon rind and juice and flour; pour mixture over pie crust.
Return to oven; bake 15 minutes longer.
Beat egg whites with cream of tartar in a medium size bowl with mixer until frothy. Beat in remaining 3 tablespoons sugar,1 tablespoon at a time, until meringue forms stiff peaks.
Remove pan from oven. Raise oven temperature to 450.
Spread meringue mixture over lemon mixture.
Return to oven and bake 5 minutes more or until meringue peaks are golden brown.
Cool on wire rack. Cut with a wet knife into bars.