Lemon Meringue Pie
Make this easy lemon meringue pie for kids with simple steps, basic ingredients, and fun hands-on tasks. A perfect beginner-friendly dessert that teaches cooking skills and kitchen science.
Equipment
- Hand or stand mixer
Ingredients
pie
- ½ cup lemon juice fresh without pulp or bottled
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 can condensed milk
meringue
- 2 egg whites
- ¼ cup sugar
- ⅛ tsp cream of tartar
- Premade graham cracker crust
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees
- Carefully separate the egg yolks from the egg whites.
- Place the egg yolks into a medium-sized bowl, with lemon juice and a can of sweetened condensed milk
- Whisk until combined
- Pour into the pie crust
- Into a clean bowl, add the egg whites
- Whip with the hand mixer on high until a soft peak begins to form
- Slowly add in the sugar mixing well
- Continue beating on high until Stiff peaks form
- Pour the meringue on top of the lemon pie filling
- Place in the oven for 3-4 mins just until the meringue browns lightly on the top
- Allow to cool completely, cover with the top that came with your pie crust
- Refrigerate overnight to allow the pie to set
Notes
Make sure there is no water, no oil, nothing in the clean egg white bowl. It wont fluff if something is in the bowl.
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