Lemon Meringue Pie- Grandma Ione

CRUST:
1 1/4 cup crushed graham crackers
2 T sugar
1 cube melted butter

Combine and mix together. Place 10min in freezer

PIE: (lemon custard)
2 can Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup lemon juice plus 2 T lemon juice
1 tsp lemon extract
2 egg yolks- add 1 at a time

Mix together add to a cold gram cracker crust. Do not bake.

Meringue: top of pie
3 egg whites
1/2 t vanilla
1/4 t cream of tartar

whip till soft peaks form then add 1/4 cup sugar and whip till stiff peaks form
Spread on top of the lemon custard pie to the edge of the crust. Use the back end of a spatula and lift meringue to make peaks.

Bake 350 12-15 minutes or until tips of peaks are browned