Vicki Boaz’s No Weep, No Shrink Meringue

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 8 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 egg whites
• Dash of salt

Steps

1. In a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, 2 tablespoons of the sugar and the water. Cook over low heat until the mixture is clear, then remove from the heat.
2. In a small bowl, whip the egg whites until peaked, then slowly add the heated cornstarch mixture. Beat until creamy.
3. Add the salt and the remaining sugar, and beat until fluffy.
4. Pile the meringue on the filling in the pie crust and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the meringue is gold tinged.

Notes

Enough meringue to top one pie.

Vicki Boaz of Saint Robert, Missouri, sent in this meringue recipe that she found online (Food.com).

From a “Recipe Box” reader-recipe column in a farm magazine that Rosie Lee saved; the whole page is shown below.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe card

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