Best Heavenly Angel Pie Recipes

ANGEL PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F ( 120 degrees C).
• Beat egg whites until stiff. Add cream of tartar and gradually add 1 cup sugar; beat until glossy. Turn the meringue into a well-greased 10 inch pie plate. Spread over bottom and sides of plate, building up the sides 1/2 inch above the edge of the plate. Place in oven, and bake 1 1/2 hours. Turn off oven, and leave meringue inside to cool slowly.
• Combine egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 teaspoons zest, and lemon juice in double boiler. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium low-heat until thick. Pour into a bowl and cool thoroughly.
• Whip cold cream until stiff. Place half of the whipped cream in the cooled meringue shell. Cover with a layer of the lemon filling and top with the remainder of the whipped cream. (This top layer can be piped on with a decorative star tip). Garnish with remaining lemon zest. Refrigerate until serving.

RASPBERRY ANGEL PIE

Steps:

• Meringue shell:.
• Beat all ingredients together til they are really stiff and glossy.
• Spread evenly in a well buttered pie plate, raising the meringue around the sides of the pan.
• Preheat oven to 400°F, and turn it OFF.
• Put the pie shell into the oven, and forget about it til the oven is cold (overnight is a good amount of time).
• The shell will be a pale beige.
• If it has cracked, the oven is too hot.
• If it is tough, the oven was too cool.
• Filling:.
• Add boiling water to the jello powder, stir til powder is dissolved.
• Chill until mixture is consistency of egg whites.
• Mash fresh raspberries slightly.
• Whip cream til stiff and fold both into the jello.
• Chill until mixture holds its shape when dropped from a spoon.
• Spoon into prepared meringue shell.
• Chill for several hours.
• Garnish with sweetened whipped cream and whole raspberries at serving time.
• If desired, raspberries could be substituted with strawberries.

KATHY'S ANGEL MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F Spray a 9" pie plate with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat egg whites and cream of tarter until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar until stiff peaks form.
• Spread 1 1/3 cups of meringue in the bottom and halfway up the sides of prepared pan. Using a pastry bag, pipe remaining meringue in a decorative border around the edges. Bake for 40 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on wire rack.
• In a small saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch, and lemon peel. Gradually stir in lemon juice and water. Mix well. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; boil for 1 minute.
• Beat a small amount of hot mixture into the beaten egg, then add that back to the saucepan and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Pour into a large bowl. Cover and chill for 1 hour.
• Whip heavy cream until medium peaks form. Add powdered sugar and lemon juice and continue beating until firm peaks. Fold into the cooled lemon filling. Spoon filling into the meringue shell. Cover and chill at least 2 hours before serving.

HEAVENLY PIE

Steps:

• Whip the egg whites until frothy and then add the cream of tartar, continue beating until the egg whites are very stiff and form peaks.
• Gradually beat in the sugar and continue beating until the whites are stiff and glossy Spread into a 9" pie plate and bake in a 250F oven for 1 hour.
• Filling: Beat the egg yokes until thick.
• Gradually beat in the sugar, add lemon juice& rind with the bit of salt.
• Cook in a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
• Whip the cream (have the cream very cold and cool your bowl in the fridge too,) Add a little sugar to the cream, beat until stiff When the crust is completely cooled spread half the whipped cream in the shell, then half the lemon filling, top with remaining whipped cream Put in the fridge for 3-4 hours or overnight.
• Loosely cover the pie in the fridge.