Recipe from Cherie Lockett's other grandmother!
Ingredients
Filling
- 1 can of condensed milk
- 3 eggs separated
- whites for the meringue
- yellows for the cream
- 3 lemons (squeeze juice and add to the cream)
- The cream is the condensed milk with the juice and the 3 egg yellows
Meringue
- 1/4 teaspoon of tartar
- 1/3 cup of sugar
- 3 egg whites
Directions
- As you whip the meringue ingredients add them slowly first - the whites then the sugar and then the tartar. Whip the above meringue ingredients with a hand mixer or if you got the energy do it manually with a whisk. Whip until the meringue is stiff not dry.
- Graham cracker recipe on box of ground graham crackers (regular grahams no cinnamon coated stuff) or you can ground your own (rolling pin) or you can buy a crust.
- Next I like to bake the crust in the oven for a few minutes at 400 degrees before I pour the cream into the pie.
- Lastly after you have poured the cream into the pie, scoop the meringue with a spatula and lightly smooth it over the surface of the cream, swirling it around and make it pretty.
- Bake the pie at 400 degrees for a few minutes just to give the meringue a little darker surface coat maybe light browned on the tips of the swirls. Remove from oven and but in refrigerator to chill.
This recipe calls for 3 lemons I like to add a 4th to give it an added tart taste. If you think your boys love you now...they and their friends will really really love you after to serve them this!