Mom's Lemon Merangue Pie

2⅓ cups sugar

5 cups water

6 egg yolks

juice from 3 lemons

2 tbsp lemon rind

⅔ cup cornstarch mixed in water and 1 tsp vanilla

cook on medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Slowly add cornstarch and water made into slurry and add 1 tsp vanilla. cook until thickened Pour into baked pie shells.

for meringue take the 6 egg white and add 1 to 1½ tbsp sugar for each egg white, add ¼ tsp cream of tarter and beat until stiff peaks form. apply the meringue to the pie filling to all edges and bake at 325° till meringue browns.

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