Quick Meringue Icing

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 t. lemon juice
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 t. cream of tartar
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1 egg white
• 1 t. vanilla

Preparation

1. Combine water, lemon juice, sugar, cream of tartar, and salt in saucepan
2. stir until sugar is dissolved and syrup is hot
3. Beat egg white until almost stiff
4. Pour hot syrup over egg white and keep beating