Looking for "tried and true" lemon meringue pie recipe

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

They go in frozen. Pet Ritz is the brand I buy.

Ok, thanks. Complicates things a bit since I am not baking it at home, but I will figure it out.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

How about using a graham cracker crust instead? That would work well for you and it isn't frozen. You buy them in the baking aisle (usually found on the lowest shelf, towards the end for some reason).

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Ok, thanks. Complicates things a bit since I am not baking it at home, but I will figure it out.

I wouldn't think it would matter...
I think Pillsbury does one that is in the refrigerator section that you use your own pie plate but have never used it as I don't have a pie plate and have been satisfied with results from the Pet Ritz shells.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Ok, so I decided to wuss out and use the lemon pudding/pie filling. Found that in the jello section, got it home and realized that the box says to use a pie crust that has been baked, and is not the graham cracker crumb-type crust.

Does that mean I have to make a crust from scratch, or will I find non-crumb pie crusts somewhere? Freezer section perhaps?

No, I am clearly not a baker.

How about using a graham cracker crust instead? That would work well for you and it isn't frozen. You buy them in the baking aisle (usually found on the lowest shelf, towards the end for some reason).

That would be easy, and I did see those, but my previous post (quoted above) ruled that out... I'm guessing the crumb crust will be too porous.

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

I buy the pillsbury when I don't make my own. It's very flaky.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Ok, they have these things called "pie crust sticks," that I think you just have to mix (with a fork) the dry stuff and the shortening together with a fork. It is all in one box. I haven't used one for years, but I think they still make them.

I don't know about graham cracker crust being to porous though. Cheesecake doesn't seep through it, does it?

Fern

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So we finally got around to making the pie. Jericap, the pudding/pie filling idea was a godsend. I was making it with my favorite 3 year olds because they are really into Amelia Bedelia, who bakes a lemon meringue pie in the first book in the series.... So simple was key, and the twins got to do a lot of the pouring/mixing and helping me hold the mixer while they spooned little bits of sugar into the meringue...

We made some whipped cream as a back-up when I realized the pie had to chill overnight, so the kids would have something to taste right away (boy do they love whipped cream now ), and in case they didn't like the meringue topping. And I found the frozen pie crust, which took some doing but I baked it before we got started. It was delicious! I'm glad I didn't have to use the other kind.

I probably should have beaten the meringue a bit longer, but I'd never done it before so wasn't sure when it was done. But it baked a lovely light brown, and had a few peaks, it was just denser than it likely should've been and not as stiff, but it tasted great.

We've got an extra crust and box of filling mix, so we'll probably try again at some point and see if we can improve on the meringue...

I am now carefully screening the Amelia Bedelia books... but they had "Amelia Bedelia and the Baby" yesterday

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Hey, I met Mr. Amelia Bedelia at a party once. The son of the original author. I think she was Peggy Parrish and he's Herman Parrish?

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Hey, I met Mr. Amelia Bedelia at a party once. The son of the original author. I think she was Peggy Parrish and he's Herman Parrish?

Yes, Peggy Parrish. Cute concept, though a bit tiresome on a repetitive repetitive repetitive basis

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

Yes, Peggy Parrish. Cute concept, though a bit tiresome on a repetitive repetitive repetitive basis

works well for toddlers though. Dr Suess was about as baby as I could deal with.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Yes, Peggy Parrish. Cute concept, though a bit tiresome on a repetitive repetitive repetitive basis

Yeah, I could never bear reading them to the kids. Don't you want to get these kids started on some better books?

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Yeah, I could never bear reading them to the kids. Don't you want to get these kids started on some better books?

Ideas welcome, they "read" a lot...

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

I'm glad it worked out for you. Both my daughter and my son used to help me cook/bake when they were small. We used to have so much fun..

For Christmas, I'm putting together a cookbook for each of them of the "special" family recipes. You know the recipes you only make a certain times of the year, or the cookies you make at Christmastime. Recipes I've made with/for them since they were little; the ones they ask for..

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

I just got a request.. "when are we going to make lemon meringue pie again?"

And as luck would have it, the frozen crusts came in a package of two, we still have one left and the expiry date is 12/15/08...

Wacky, I have since hidden all the Amelia Bedelia books written by Herman Parrish (Peggy Parrish's son) - they are considerably more annoying than hers...

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DW makes the world's best cocoanut meringue. In fact, she made me one on Turkey Day, to have while she and the Girls went on Girls Weekend Out.