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Title: Favorite Lemon Pie
Categories: Desserts, Pies
Yield: 1 Pie

6 sl Bread; approximately
1 c Sugar
3 Egg yolks; slightly beaten
1 lg Lemon; juice of
1 tb Butter
1 Pie shell; 9", baked
3 Egg whites
3 tb Sugar

Cut crusts from bread slices. Dip slices in bowl of water to soften;
squeeze out water. Use enough bread to make 1 cup, but do not pack too
tighlty. Put bread, sugar, egg yolks, lemon juice and butter in top of
double boiler. Cook until mixture thickens; then spoon into pie shell.

Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar, and continue beating
until mixture forms peaks. Spread meringue over filling. Bake at 350
degrees about 20 minutes or until meringue is brown.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in 1974. Typed for you by Nancy
Coleman.