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How To Make Lemon Meringue Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk

This is an easy lemon meringue pie recipe that you are going to love. The recipe is so easy and made with just a few ingredients including lemons and sweetened condensed milk for a rich and creamy dessert.

This is an easy lemon meringue pie recipe that is delicious for any occasion including Christmas and Thanksgiving.

You can’t go wrong with this easy lemon pie recipe? 

Feeling down? Eat pie. Is it a holiday? Eat pie. Want to share some food with a neighbor in need? Make pie. Oh, and make one for yourself and eat it.

Making pie is a good, old southern tradition–one that needs to be passed on for generations. It’s an art form. 

How To Make Lemon Meringue Pie

  • Preheat oven to 325-degrees.
  • Prepare the Nilla Wafer crust.
  • Add the sweetened condensed milk, egg yolks, and lemon juice to a bowl and combine.
  • In a separate bowl, add the egg whites. Mix until stiff peaks form, add sugar, and cream of tarter. 
  • Top pie and bake for approximately ten minutes or until meringue is golden brown.

 Lemon meringue pie recipe condensed milk

I have passed my love of pie down to my kids. They will ask, on a regular basis, for pie. Lemon meringue pie, chocolate pie, caramel pie, or pretty much any kind of cream pie. 

We’ve been known to take trips down to Sarasota, Florida, just to eat pie. Yoder’s Amish Restaurant is famous for their pies.

So famous, in fact, they sell thousands at Thanksgiving and Christmastime. Talk about a feel-good, comfort-filled kind of place.

I am partial to the chocolate cream pie, but I will venture out and try others, as well. Here’s the link if you’re interested in going.

Homemade Lemon Meringue Pie is an easy recipe. Let’s start cooking! 

Instructions and printable recipe listed below

Lemon meringue pie crust

Line the vanilla wafers in the bottom of the pie pan. Set aside.

I try to get little pieces of cookie in between the little cookie spaces so there’s plenty of crust. 

Sweetened condensed milk lemon meringue pie

Add the sweetened condensed milk to a bowl. 

I selfishly made this pie while my kids weren’t around so I could lick the can lid of sweetened condensed milk. You have my permission. It’s a mom perk! 

 

Lemon juice for the lemon meringue pie with sweetened condensed milk

Add the lemon juice to the sweetened condensed milk.

 

Easy lemon meringue pie for dessert

Add two egg yolks to the lemon juice to the sweetened condensed milk mixture.

Mix everything together with a whisk or a fork. 

 

Pour the easy lemon pie recipe into the crust.

Pour the lemon pie mixture into the crust.

Be careful to pour slowly, or you’ll knock cookies out of place. I speak from experience. 

Once you pour the sweetened condensed lemon pie mixture onto the crust, set it aside while you get the meringue ready.

 

Lemon meringue pie recipe condensed milk

Whip up the meringue.

I’ve learned a few things, the hard way, about meringue over the years. I’ve ended up with styrofoam, runny, or just plain flat meringue. Here are a few tips:

  • When you separate the egg yolk from the whites, make sure the bowl is clean and dry before you add the whites. If there is a couple drops of water in the bowl, it will keep the meringue from fluffing up. 
  • You will have the same issue if you accidentally get the egg yolks in the bowl with the whites. So be sure to scoop out the yolks if you accidentally get them in the bowl with the whites.
  • If you have a hard time separating the eggs, don’t let that stop you. You can always buy an egg separator on Amazon or at the store. 

Old fashioned lemon meringue pie condensed milk

Add the cream of tartar to stiff egg whites.

 

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Add the sugar and beat until the sugar is mixed in.

 

Lemon icebox pie sweetened condensed milk

Spread it over the lemon pie mixture.

Once the meringue is on the pie, I take my spatula and sort of give it a few taps to get some peaks.


Lemon meringue pie recipe condensed milk

Bake it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, or until the meringue is golden brown.

Let it cool or the pie will be runny. It will still taste amazing, but runny. We impatiently wait for it to cool and then dig in to eat the delicious yumminess.

If you make one, let me know what you think in the comments below. I can’t wait to hear from you.

 

This is an easy lemon meringue pie recipe that is delicious for any occasion including Christmas and Thanksgiving.

Do you need to refrigerate lemon meringue pie?

Can lemon meringue pie be left out?

  • After you cook the lemon meringue pie, you need to let it cool and set up at room temperature. After about two hours you need to refrigerate the pie. 
  • Don’t leave a pie out longer than two hours because bacteria will begin to grow. 
  • Be sure to put the pie in a container to stay fresh longer in the refrigerator. I’ve bought several Tupperware pie holders at the thrift store that are in great condition. They are the perfect size and work great to keep your pies. 

 

Yield: 8 pieces

How To Make Lemon Meringue Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk

How To Make Lemon Meringue Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk

This is an easy lemon meringue pie recipe that you are going to love. The recipe is so easy and made with just a few ingredients including lemons and sweetened condensed milk for a rich and creamy dessert.

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

Crust

  • Vanilla Wafers

Filling

  • 1-14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • 2 egg yolks

Meringue

  • 4 egg whites
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325-degrees.

  1. Line the base and edges of the pie pan with vanilla wafers. Set aside.
  2. In a medium sized bowl, mix the egg yolks, lemon juice, and sweetened condensed milk.
  3. Pour mixture into the pie pan. Pour slowly and gently so you don't push the cookies out of their position.
  4. In another bowl, beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
  5. Add the cream of tartar and beat.
  6. Add the sugar and continue to beat until blended.
  7. Pour on top of the pie.
  8. Bake it in the oven for about 10-15 minutes, or until the meringue is golden brown.
  9. Let it cool and eat.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 305Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 133mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 0gSugar: 50gProtein: 8g

Nutrition is approximate.

© Julie Pollitt
Cuisine: American / Category: Desserts
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Rachel Clayton

Wednesday 13th of June 2018

I love this pie but have a question that I have always wondered about. I do not like meringue ! Would my pie have the same results if I put the whole eggs in the pie mixture and make no meringue? Thank you for your answer.

Julie Pollitt

Wednesday 13th of June 2018

Hi Rachel!

That's a great question, but I am not sure. I've never made the pie with the egg whites in the lemon mixture. It's worth a try!

You can always make the lemon pie as described above and go without meringue and it will still be tasty.

Or, you can make a whipped cream topping.

Here's the ingredients: 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 Tbsp. powdered sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla Instructions: Add the heavy whipping cream to a medium-sized bowl. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until peaks form.

Another option is to try a Lemon Cream Pie. The ingredients are pretty much the same, but without egg, and with heavy whipping cream. Here's the link: https://backtomysouthernrootscom.bigscoots-staging.com/lemon-cream-pie/

I hope that helps a little. If you decide to try it with the egg whites, let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by!