Recipe - Lemon Meringue Bars

1 pack Piecrust Mix
One fourth cup Sugar
4 Eggs
1 cup Sugar
1 One half teaspoon Grated Lemon Rind
One fourth cup Lemon Juice
1 Tbl Flour
2 Egg Whites, At Room Temp
1/8 teaspoon Cream Of Tartat
3 Tbl Sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Blend pie crust mix, the One fourth cup of sugar and
1 of the eggs in mediumsize bowl with a pastry blender. Pat dough gently
in to a greased 13x9x2 inch baking pan. Bake in a moderate (350 degree)
oven for 10 minutes. Remove to wire rack, leaving oven on. Beat the 3
remaining eggs and the 1 cup sugar in a mediumsize bowl with electric
mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in lemon rind and juice and flour; pour
mixture over pie crust. Return to oven; bake 15 minutes longer. Beat egg
whites with cream of tartar in a mediumsize bowl with an electric mixer
until frothy. Beat in remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 tablespoon at a
time, until meringue forms stiff peaks. Remove pan from oven. Raise oven
temperature to very hot (450 degrees). Spread meringue mixture over lemon
mixture. Return to oven and bake 5 minutes more or until meringue peaks are
golden brown. Cool on wire rack. Cut with a wet knife into bars
Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #214

Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 11:47:17 0400

From: kathy jbird21@mindspring.com
NOTES : Category: Cookies
Main Ingredient: Lemon Juice
Sevirngs: 3