MERINGUE FOR 9-INCH PIE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°.2. Mix sugar and cornstarch in 1-quart saucepan. Stir in water. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute remove from heat. Cool completely while making filling for pie recipe. (To cool more quickly, place in freezer about 10 minutes.)3. Beat egg whites and salt in large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks just begin to form. Very gradually beat in sugar mixture until stiff peaks form.4. Spoon meringue onto hot pie filling. Spread over filling, carefully sealing meringue to edge of crust to prevent shrinking. Bake about 15 minutes or until meringue is light brown. Cool away from drafts.NUTRITION FACTS: 1 Serving Calories 65 (Calories from Fat 0) Fat 0g (Saturated 0g) Cholesterol 0mg Sodium 65mg Carbohydrate 14g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 2g % DAILY VALUE: Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 0% Iron 0% DIET EXCHANGES: 1 StarchFrom "Betty Crocker's Complete Cookbook, Everything You Need to Know to Cook Today, 9th Edition." Text Copyright 2000 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.