Bob Hope s Favorite Lemon Pie

Recipe Cuisine: Appetizers
Recipe Category: Appetizers
Recipe Serves: 6

Recipes Ingredients:

1 c Sugar
2 tb Sugar
2 tb Sugar
4 tb Lemon juice
1 c Water, boiling
4 Egg yolks
2 tb Butter
1 Grated rind of lemon
1 Salt
3 Egg whites
1 Pie shell, baked

Recipe Instructions:

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.