Prepare pastry crust according to recipe.
Combine cornstarch, sugar, salt and chocolate in a saucepan.
Stir in milk gradually. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and comes to a boil.
Boil 1 minute.
Blend half the mixture into egg yolks.
Stir into mixture in saucepan; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in butter or margarine and vanilla.
Cool slightly.
Pour into pastry shell and bake as directed in Basic Meringue Recipe.
Combine sugar and cornstarch in microwaveable bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups water. Stir, then add egg yolks, butter, lemon juice and rind. Mix with mixer about 2 minutes. Cook in microwave oven on High 2 minutes. Take out and stir well. Place in microwave 2 minutes. Stir. Repeat until mixture thickens; cool. Pour in pie shell. Top with meringue. Heat conventional oven to 400\u00b0. Place pie in oven until meringue lightly browns. Cool.
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BROWN-SUGAR MERINGUE RECIPE.
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In medium size, heavy bottomed saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Add lemon juice, cold water and egg yolks; stir with whisk until smooth.
Stir in boiling water.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture begins to boil. Cook 2 to 3 minutes more.
Add margarine and lemon peel and stir until melted and combined.
Remove from heat and set aside while making the meringue.
Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Bake the pie shell; cool.
Heat oven to 400\u00b0.
Mix sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan.
Gradually stir in water.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and boils.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Gradually stir at least half the mixture into the egg yolks; blend into the hot mixture in saucepan.
Boil and stir 1 minute.
Remove from heat and stir in butter, lemon peel and lemon juice.
Immediately pour into pie shell.
Prepare meringue (recipe to follow).
nd let cool completely.
Meringue: Combine sugar,zest,and juice
op pie with meringue (recipe to follow).
After meringue is spread on
ven to 325\u00b0F.
Meringue:
In a small saucepan
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Top with meringue; grill or bake meringue in moderate oven
Combine the sugar, cocoa, flour, and salt in a heavy saucepan. Mix well, using the back of a spoon to break up any small lumps of flour or cocoa. Add the yolks and gradually stir in the milk until the mixture is smooth. Place over medium to medium high heat and cook, stirring constantly, for about 5 minutes or until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and butter. Pour into baked pie crust and top with meringue. Bake according to meringue recipe used for coconut cream pie.
Mix peaches and almonds and cover with a standard recipe of meringue and bake at 325\u00b0 until lightly browned.
Cool before serving.
tream and beat until the meringue forms and holds stiff peaks
ool while preparing rest of recipe.
PREPARE LEMON FILLING:
For stiff consistency icing (flowers), dissolve salt in water.
Cream shortening, vanilla and water in a standup mixer.
Mix the meringue powder into the icing sugar.
Add the sugar to the mixer about a 1/4 cup at a time on medium speed.
Whip icing on high for a minute or so until creamy.
For medium consistency icing (boarders, writing), add 1 tbsp + 3 tsp of extra water.
For thin consistency icing (icing a cake), add 2 tbsp + 6 tsp of extra water.
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Bake your favorite pie crust recipe or frozen pie crust.
Over medium heat on top of stove, add all ingredients and stir constantly until mixture coats the spoon.
(Mixture will be thick and stiffen as it cools in pie crust.)
Pour the mixture into the pie crust.
Top with meringue or Cool Whip.
(See Meringue recipe in this section.)
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For the meringue: Chop the meringue cookies into small chunks
Stir the sugar into the slightly beaten egg yolks, then add the lemon juice and grated rind.
Mix well.
Stir the flour in 1 spoonful at a time, stirring until mixture is smooth and free of lumps.
Add the cold water, then the hot water; stir well.
Place over double boiler and cook until mixture heavily coats the spoon, then stir in butter.
Pour into baked 9-inch pie shell.
Cover with meringue (whip egg whites, vanilla and sugar until stiff but not dry) and bake for 10 minutes at 350\u00b0 or until meringue is golden brown.
Add flour to sugar, in saucepan, mix in beaten egg yolks and milk.
Add butter and pecans.
Cook on med heat stirring constantly until thickened, Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
pour into pie shell.
Top with meringue made according to your favorite meringue recipe.
Bake at 350F until meringue is golden brown.