Bob Hope`s Lemon Pie

-Pat Gardetta-WNDP80A 1 cup Sugar

2 tablespoons Sugar

3 tablespoons Conrstarch

1 cup Boiling water

2 tablespoons Butter

1 pinch Salt

4 tablespoons Lemon juice

4 Egg yolks

Grated rind of 1 lemon 3 Egg whites

Baked pie shell 2 tablespoons 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,