Pa Pa's Chess Pie

Ingredients

• 6  egg whites 
• 6  egg yolks beaten
• 5 tablespoons flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon lemon extract 
• 0.5 cup butter melted
• 1 cup milk 
• 16 inch pastry shells prepared
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 3 cups sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• oven
• toothpicks

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2. In a large bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Set aside. In a separate bowl, cream together margarine and sugar.
3. Mix in flour, then 1/2 cup milk.
4. Add egg yolks, vanilla extract, and lemon extract.
5. Mix until smooth, then stir in the remaining 1 cup milk.
6. Gently fold egg whites into milk mixture.
7. Pour half of mixture into each pastry shell.
8. Bake in preheated oven for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.