Lemon Pie

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups boiling water
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice (use freshly squeezed - you'll be using the rind, too)
• 2 whole lemons, rind of, grated (rind only of 2 lemons)
• 1 baked 9-inch baked pie crust

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl, mix the sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt together.
• 2 in a saucepan over high heat, boil 2 cups water; add the sugar mixture and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture just begins to thicken.
• 3 reduce heat to low and cook until thickened; whisk in the beaten egg yolks and cook 2 minutes longer on low heat.
• 4 remove from heat, stir in the lemon juice and rind and combine well; let cool for 5 minutes, then pour into previously-baked pie shell. if you like, you can cover with meringue (use "weepless meringue #20159" recipe).