Lemon Crumb Pie

Ingredients

• 12 tablespoons crumbs
• 5 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 1/2 cups milk, scalded
• 3 eggs
• 1 lemon (grated rind and juice)
• Pastry

Instructions

1. 1Mix the crumbs, sugar, shortening, and lemon rind. Stir in the hot milk. When cool, add the egg yolks beaten, and the lemon juice.
2. 2Line a pie plate with pastry. Pour in mixture and bake in a moderately hot oven. When about done remove a minute, heaping on meringue made from the whites of eggs beaten stiff, with one-quarter cup sugar added. Brown in a moderate oven. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes at 400 degrees 5 minutes and 350 degrees 30 minutes. Time for meringue, 20 minutes at 325 degrees.