Lemon Butter Tarts

Ingredients

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

Directions

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.