Micro lemon meringue pie
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1½ | cup | Sugar |
| ⅓ | cup | Cornstarch |
| 1½ | cup | Boiling water |
| 3 | Egg yolks, beaten or | |
| ¾ | cup | Egg beaters |
| 3 | tablespoons | Butter or butter buds |
| ¼ | cup | Lemon juice |
| 1 | teaspoon | Grated lemon peel |
| 1 | Baked 9 inch pie crust | |
Directions
Mix sugar and cornstarch thoroughly in a 1 quart glass measuring bowl Stir in water. Cook in micro 2½ minutes at high. Stir. Continue cooking 1 minute on high, or until thick. stir after 30 seconds. Beat small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks or egg beaters, then put into mixture in glass measuring bowl. Cook in micro 30 seconds on high. Blend butter or butter buds, lemon juice, lemon peel into mixture in glass measuring bowl. Cool, pour into baked pie shell.
Cover with meringue and brown top under broiler in oven for a few minutes.