Lemon Meringue Pie For Two

Whether you lot lot are empty nesters, similar us, or you lot lot lone convey a span of people to prepare for; "recipes for two" are great!! Not lone exercise they eliminate the temptation for 2nd third helpings, but they are excellent for those times when you lot lot don't sense similar eating the same full size dessert all week!! This recipe makes 2 perfect (single serving size) lemon meringue pies, 1 of picky-picky husbands favorites.

CRUST
1/3 loving loving cup all business office flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon  usual coldness shortening (I utilisation butter flavored)
1 tablespoon usual coldness butter
1/2 teaspoon white sugar
1 tablespoon usual coldness water

Mix all of the dry out out ingredients inwards a tike bowl; cutting the usual coldness shortening also butter into the dry out out ingredients until it is virtually "half of a pea" size. Stir inwards the usual coldness H2O also mix into a ball (don't over work). Divide dough inwards half.

Any tike oven proof dish testament motion for these fiddling pies; I used my 10 ounce Pyrex custard cups.  Press the dough into the bottom and virtually half means upward the sides of the custard cup. You post away curlicue out the dough if you lot lot like, but I abide yesteryear it easier to only press the dough into place. Bake inwards preheated 425 oven for virtually 10 minutes or until lite golden. Remove from oven also position aside.

LEMON FILLING
1/3 loving loving cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon corn starch
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 loving loving cup usual coldness water
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten alongside fork   (save the egg white)
2 tablespoons FRESH lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter

In a small, heavy bottom, saucepan, mix the sugar, cornstarch also salt; whisk inwards the usual coldness water,  until it is smooth.  Cook (stirring) on medium hotness until thick also bubbly, also thence cutting downward hotness also prepare (and stir) for 2 minutes.

Slowly drizzle virtually half of the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolk (whisking similar crazy every chip you lot lot drizzle, so you lot lot don't acquire scrambled eggs). Once practiced whisked, topographic point it all back into the saucepan also prepare 2 more than minutes at a gentle boil.

Remove from hotness also add together together butter also lemon juice; mix thoroughly also pour into baked pie shells.

MERINGUE
1 egg white
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Using a GLASS bowl (never utilisation plastic when whipping egg whites) also beaters that are totally unloosen from any grease or oil; squeeze egg white also cream of tartar until you lot lot acquire soft peaks. Sprinkle inwards the vanilla also carbohydrate (while the mixer is yet running) also come about beating until you lot lot acquire rigid peaks.

Spread meringue onto hot filling. Put back into a preheated 350 oven for virtually 10-15 minutes or until the peaks of the meringue are golden.

After the meringue is cooked, permit these fiddling pies sit down downward at room temperature for virtually an lx minutes also thence chill them for at to the lowest score 2 hours before serving. Once they are chilled, you lot lot post away elevate the pies out of their baking dish for a prettier presentation.
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