Yield: 1 Pie
Measure | Ingredient |
---|---|
6 slices | Bread; approximately |
1 cup | Sugar |
3 \N | Egg yolks; slightly beaten |
1 large | Lemon; juice of |
1 tablespoon | Butter |
1 \N | Pie shell; 9\", baked |
3 \N | Egg whites |
3 tablespoons | Sugar |
Cut crusts from bread slices. Dip slices in bowl of water to soften; squeeze out water. Use enough bread to make 1 cup, but do not pack too tighlty. Put bread, sugar, egg yolks, lemon juice and butter in top of double boiler. Cook until mixture thickens; then spoon into pie shell.
Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar, and continue beating until mixture forms peaks. Spread meringue over filling.
Bake at 350 degrees about 20 minutes or until meringue is brown.
SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1974. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.