Bob Hope's Lemon Pie

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons sugar
3 conrstarch
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons butter
1 pinch salt
4 tablespoons lemon juice
4 egg yolks
1 lemon
3 egg whites

Instructions

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,