Bob Hope's Favorite Lemon Pie
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
2 tbsp sugar
1 cup water, boiling
2 tbsp butter
1 salt
1 pie shell, baked
2 tbsp sugar
4 tbsp lemon juice
4 egg yolks
1 grated rind of lemon
3 egg whites
Preparation
Combine cornstarch and 1 cup plus 2 tbl. of sugar, add water slowly,
stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg
yolks, butter, lemon rind and juice and salt. Cook 2 or 3 minute.
Pour into baked shell. Cover with meringue made from 3 egg whites,
beaten stiff and 2 tbl. sugar. Bake in a slow oven 15 minutes or
untilbrown.
Servings: 6
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