Bob hope's favorite lemon pie
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 1 | cup | Water, boiling |
| 2 | tablespoons | Butter |
| 1 | Salt | |
| 1 | Pie shell, baked | |
| 2 | tablespoons | Sugar |
| 4 | tablespoons | Lemon juice |
| 4 | Egg yolks | |
| 1 | Grated rind of lemon | |
| 3 | Egg whites | |
Directions
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.