Jessica's Lemon Meringue Pie

Ingredients - Pie Crust
3 C flour
1 tsp salt
1 1/4 C butter flavored Crisco
1 egg
1 T vinegar (white or apple cider)
4 T ice cold water

Directions
Mix flour and salt together. Cut butter in with a pastry cutter until texture resembles peas. Whisk together egg, vinegar and water. Pour liquid into flour/shortening mixture and mix with a fork. Divide into 3 balls. Roll out the dough and place into three pie plates. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes.

Ingredients - Pie Filling
1 C sugar
2 T flour
4 T cornstarch
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 C water
1/2 C lemons (usually 3)
lemon zest (1-2 lemons)
4 egg yolks, beaten
2 T butter

Ingredients - Meringue
4 egg whites
6 T white sugar

Directions
In a saucepan, combine sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Mix in water, juice and zest. Cook over medium high heat, stirring often, until it boils. Stir in butter. Place egg yolks in small bowl and gradually whisk in 1/2 c. hot sugar mixture. Whisk this mixture back into your saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until thick. Pour filling into the baked shell.

Then whip egg whites until very stiff. Add the sugar while you are beating the whites. Place on top of filling, sealing edges and making the meringue stand up in peaks. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes, until the meringue begins to brown.