Lemon Meringue Pie

That was far easier than I expected! And pretty tasty, too!

LEMON MERINGUE PIE


Ingredients:

Crust:
1 Cup GF flour blend
1 Cup Almond Flour
2/3 Cup shortening
4 Tbsp water

Filling:
1/2 C cold water
7 TB cornstarch
1 1/2 C hot water
1 1/4 C sugar
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
juice of 3 lemons
1 TB butter

Meringue:
3 egg whites
6 TB sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

Cut pie crust ingredients together to make dough. Place in 9 inch pie pan.
Bake @ 475* for 8 minutes.

Filling:
Mix 1/2 cup cold water and cornstarch to thick paste consistency. Stir in egg yolks. Slowly add hot water, stirring it in as it poured into the cornstarch mixture. Pour into two quart saucepan.
Add sugar and lemon juice, stir to blend.
Over low heat, using a whisk stir constantly to prevent lumps and assure a smooth consistency. Cook until thickened.
Add butter, stir until completely melted and blended in.
Pour filling into baked pie shell.

Meringue:
With hand held electric mixer, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add sugar one tablespoon at a time, beating after each addition. Continue beating until stiff but not dry peaks form.
Add Vanilla.
Pour onto pie.
Bake at 350* until meringue is a golden brown. (About 15 minutes)

Not as good as Myrtle Kemmer's… but pretty yummy!! :)

Gumdrop Cake

This seems to be another success. I'm not sure if its crumbly because the top/bottom was rounded after baking, or if I cut out too much of the wet ingredients, or if I should have added xanthan gum. (Or a combination). Will experiment again. Tastes yummy, just crumbly.

Gumdrop Cake

1/4 C. Solid Shortening
1 C. Sugar
1 Egg
2 1/2 C. Gluten Free Flour
1/4 tsp Salt
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 # Gumdrops (Tootsie Brand Dots are peanut free & gluten free)
1/2 C Raisins or currents (I used craisins)
1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/4 C Milk

1) heat oven to 300*. Grease 10 inch tube pan; set aside

2) In a large bowl, using mixer, beat together shortening and sugar until well blended. Beat in eggs

3) Sift together flour salt and baking powder. Mix 2 Tbsp flour mixture with gumdrops and raisins. Add vanilla to milk.

4) Alternately add milk add flour mixtures to sugar-egg combination, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in floured gumdrops and raisins.

5) Spoon batter into prepared pan; bake 1 1/2 hours, or until cake tests done. Cool 30 minutes, remove from pan and cool completely.

Yields 12 servings.