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Super Easy Coconut, Chocolate, Lemon and Butterscotch Meringue Pies From Scratch

Easy Pie Crust:

If you still depend on "Mrs. Smith" for your pie crust, try this one just once.

6 1/2 Tablespoons Margarine or Butter, melted

1 Cup Flour

2 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar

Mix all ingredients in a pie plate and pat to edges. (No need to even dirty a bowl)

For a pre-baked crust (such as a cream, ice box, or chiffon pie), bake at 325 degrees for 25 minutes.

Cream Pie Filling:

3 Large Eggs, Separated

1 1/2 Cups Milk (I use 1/2 evaporated and 1/2 whole milk)

1 Cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Flour

2 Tablespoons Corn Starch

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 Tablespoons Butter or Margarine

For All Flavors Except Lemon - 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Mix egg yolks and milk with wire whisk or rotary beater. Mix dry ingredients and add to milk/egg mixture. Cook either in heavy pan on medium heat, stirring constantly, or in microwave (on Full Power for 6-8 minutes stirring well at 2-minute intervals), until thickened. Cooking conventionally, this will take about 12-15 minutes. Add margarine and flavorings as follows:

For Chocolate:


3 Tablespoons Cocoa mixed with dry ingredients

For Coconut:


1 Cup flaked Coconut, then top meringue with 1/2 cup flaked Coconut

For Butterscotch:


Brown sugar instead of White Sugar

For Lemon:


1 Cup Milk, and substitute 1/2 Cup Lemon Juice after pie filling is cooked. Also add 1 teaspoon Lemon Extract

Pour filling into baked crust. Top filling with meringue:

Meringue:

3 Egg Whites, at room temperature (eggs should be chilled to separate)

1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

6 Tablespoons Sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla

Whip egg whites and cream of tartar until very foamy. Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time. Beat until very stiff. Add vanilla. Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until slightly golden.

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