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Low-Fat Lemon Meringue Pie

This pie is the perfect ending to a summer meal or whenever you want to serve a fresh, light and tangy dessert. It’s a lightened-up version of the original, but you’d never know!
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Course Pies / Flans / Tarts
Cuisine Continental

Servings 1 servings
Calories 6641.58 kcal

Ingredients

  

  • 1 Crust:
  • 1 cup(s) flour
  • 1/4 cup(s) nuts, finely chopped
  • 333/1000 cup(s) butter
  • 1/4 cup(s) powdered sugar
  • 1 Filling:
  • 1/2 cup(s) sugar
  • 1 dash(es) salt
  • 1/2 cup(s) flour
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) hot water
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 Topping:
  • 2 egg whites
  • 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla
  • 6 tablespoon(s) sugar

Instructions

 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Spray 9-inch pie pan with Pam.
  • Mix crust ingredients; pat into pan.
  • Bake crust 12 to 15 minutes.
  • Reduce oven to 350 degrees.
  • Mix filling ingredients and cook in saucepan over medium heat until thick.
  • Beat 2 egg yolks, saving whites.
  • Pour hot mix into yolks.
  • Return to pan and cook 2 minutes.
  • Stir in 1/2 cup lemon juice.
  • Pour into crust.
  • For topping, beat whites and vanilla until stiff.
  • Gradually add sugar.
  • Beat until stiff.
  • Bake 12 minutes.

Nutrition

Calories: 6641.58kcalCarbohydrates: 1577.16gProtein: 41.42gFat: 37.41gSaturated Fat: 10.5gCholesterol: 563.52mgSodium: 400.49mgFiber: 7.41gSugar: 1422.58g

Keyword Cooking Lite, Healthy Bytes, Healthy Eating, Lemon
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