Orange Meringue Pie

Ingredients

• 9-inch Baked Pie Shell
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 cup orange juice
• ½ cup water
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
• Meringue for 9-inch Pie

Directions

1. Bake pie shell.
2. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
3. Stir together sugar sugar and cornstarch in medium saucepan.
4. Blend egg yolks, orange juice and water; gradually stir into sugar mixture.
5. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
6. Boil and stir 1 minute.
7. Remove from heat; stir in butter, lemon juice and orange peel.
8. Immediately pour into baked pie shell.
9. Heap meringue onto hot pie filling; spread over filling, carefully sealing meringue to edge of crust to prevent shrinking or weeping.
10. Bake about 10 minutes or until a delicate brown.
11. Cool away from draft.