Best Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe With Shortbread Crust

Best Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe With Shortbread Crust

Do you know what is painful? Nipping your fingers while you are zesting a lemon and then having the juice from that same lemon seep into your open scratch before you have time to grab a band-aid. That’s what!  That is why this delicious lemon meringue pie recipe with shortbread crust is a “special occasion only” pie…

For the record, I am not a huge pie baker.  However, I’m driven to know how to make my husband’s favorite dishes.  Besides apple pie, lemon meringue pie is next on his “top pies” list.  I learned how to make his favorite apple pie from his former boss, but I had to go digging for a lemon meringue pie recipe.

For this recipe, I ended up using a mash-up of recipes from Ina Garten, Alton Brown and Paula Deen.  I used Ms. Garten’s pie filling. I just added some cornstarch and whisked it twice as long as she suggested because the filling was too runny initially. 

For the meringue, I mixed the recipes of Ms. Garten (sugar), Mr. Brown (egg whites) and Ms. Deen (cream of tartar).  I was so shocked that the meringue was so easy to make.  If you follow the instructions, it’s (almost) impossible to mess it up. It’s also really tasty…I had to stop myself and the boys from eating it so that there would be some left for the actual pie!

My own personal “juicer”

Initially, I wasn’t going to share this recipe with you because I just used a shortbread crust that I purchased at the store.  However, I was talking with some friends recently and they all agreed that preparing the lemon filling and meringue was more than enough to make it “mine”. 

In any event, my husband thought that this was one of the best lemon meringue pies that he ever tasted. That made it worth the “pain”.

Best Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe With Shortbread Crust

Although there are a lot of steps, this is a relatively simple pie to make. If you found this recipe helpful, please share it. In addition, consider signing up for my weekly email newsletter so that you don’t miss future updates. Thanks!

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