Lovely Lemon Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon lemon rind
3 eggs, seperated
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1 pie shell
6 tablespoons sugar

Preparation

Combine the cornstarch, 1 1/4 of a cup of sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind.
Seperate the eggs and beat the egg yolks. Add to lemon mixture.
In a sauce pan over medium heat, Gradually add boiling water. Heat the mixture to a gentle boil and continue for 4 minutes.
Add the mixture to the pie shell.
FOR MERINGUE: beat the egg whites using a mixer until stiff, then beat in the remaining 6 T of sugar.
Spread the Meringue over the hot pie. Be sure to seal the edges with mergingue.
Bake at 425 degrees in a hot oven for 4-5 minutes or until the tips of the meringue are golden brown.
Let cool and serve cold.
Enjoy!