Title: Bob Hope's Lemon Pie
Categories: Dessert Pie Fruit Celebrity
Yield: 6 Servings

1	c	Sugar
2	tb	Sugar
3	tb	Cornstarch
1	c	Boiling water
2	tb	Butter
1	pn	Salt
4	tb	Lemon juice
4		Egg yolks
		Grated rind of 1 lemon
3		Egg whites
		Baked pie shell
2	tb	Sugar

Combine cornstarch and sugar, add water slowly, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Add slightly beaten egg yolks, butter, lemon rind and juice and salt. Cook 2-3 minutes. Pour into baked shell. Cover with meringue made from 3 egg whites, beaten stiff and 2 tbsp sugar. Bake in slow oven 15 minutes until brown. From "A Taste of Palm Springs, a cookbook of recipes from celebrities,

>From the recipe files of Carole Walberg

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #1 by crmcbride@juno.com (Caroline R McBride) on Jul 14, 1997

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