Lemon Meringue Bars

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (3 ounce) package pie crust mix
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 egg whites, room temperature
• 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 blend piecrust mix, the 1/4 cup sugar and 1 of the eggs in medium size bowl with a pastry blender.
• 3 pat dough evenly into a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• 4 bake in oven (350) for 10 minutes. remove to wire rack; leave oven on.
• 5 beat the remaining 3 eggs and the 1 cup sugar in a medium size bowl with mixer until light and fluffy.
• 6 beat in lemon rind and juice and flour; pour mixture over pie crust.
• 7 return to oven; bake 15 minutes longer.
• 8 beat egg whites with cream of tartar in a medium size bowl with mixer until frothy. beat in remaining 3 tablespoons sugar,1 tablespoon at a time, until meringue forms stiff peaks.
• 9 remove pan from oven. raise oven temperature to 450.
• 10 spread meringue mixture over lemon mixture.
• 11 return to oven and bake 5 minutes more or until meringue peaks are golden brown.
• 12 cool on wire rack. cut with a wet knife into bars.