Lemon Butter Tarts

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 12 (3 inch) tart shells, baked
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• melt butter or margarine in a saucepan. add rind, lemon juice, and 1 1/2 cups sugar. beat eggs and egg yolks until thick, and add to lemon butter mixture. cook over low heat, stirring constantly until thick. chill.
• beat 3 egg whites until stiff. gradually add 1/4 cup sugar, and continue beating until stiff and glossy. fill baked tart shells with lemon custard, and top with meringue.
• bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) just until tarts are a delicate brown color.