Recipe for cooking Pink Meringue Pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Custard and Meringue Pies

Pink Meringue Pie

1 (9-in.) baked pie shell
1 can cherry pie filling

Heat cherry pie filling over low heat for 5 to 10 mins.. Pour into pie shell. When cool, top with Pink Meringue.

Pink Meringue
3 egg whites
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
6 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring
10 drops red food color

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Sprinkle cream of tartar over egg whites. Beat egg whites until foamy. Gradually beat in the sugar, vanilla extract or flavoring and red food coloring. Continue beating until stiff and glossy. Spread over pie and brown in oven.