Grandma's recipes and Lemon Meringue Pie

A few years ago I made a cookbook, that is using the term loosely, for my immediate family.  As I was doing my rudimentary research for that project Grandma eagerly shared some of her recipes that she felt needed to be in that cookbook.  It was an interesting experience to look through all of her recipes.  Some were faded from the pencil rubbing off.  Some were damaged due to how old the paper was that she had kept.  Others were written in such a way that even she couldn't decipher what she had written done.  But many of her recipes were just her basic notes to herself, nothing specific about them.  

I will share some of these recipes with you.  I have not tried to make any of them because, frankly I haven't had a chance and they scare me.  Ha ha.  Anyone want to run a test kitchen?  Make these recipes, post pictures and basic improvements to the instructions?  

Grandma wanted me to make sure that I had this recipe as it is my mother's favorite comfort dessert.  It isn't just the flavor of the pie, it is a treat that needed to come from Grandma's own hands and love.  I have many a memory surrounding this pie.  I remember a couple of times calling Grandma, asking on behalf of the kids in my family, to make my mom this pie as she was sad or not generally happy about something (my teenage years?).  It usually wouldn't change mom's disposition, but as with any comfort food, it was yummy while trying.  

Lemon Meringue Pie

1 package Jello cook and serve lemon pudding

1 package frozen pie crust

Prepare the pudding as directed on box. Save egg whites.

Bake the frozen pie crust as directed on box. Allow to cool for a bit. Put cooked pudding into pie crust and cook according to directions on pudding box.

The leftover egg whites that have been brought to room temperature beat slowly until they form peaks and stay looking like peaks. Add sugar as directed on pudding box. Taste to make sure that the meringue is tasty and sweet. Add egg whites to a cooled pie. While adding to the pie shape into the form of tasty cute peaks with your spoon or spatula. Brown just slightly in the oven. Remove allow to cool. Yummy!