Grandma Spalding'S Lemon Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/3 c. cornstarch
1 1/2 c. hot water
3 eggs yolks, beaten
3 Tbsp. butter
juice of 1 lemon
grated rind of 1 lemon
egg white
2 (9-inch) pie shells (one for bottom and one for top), baked

Preparation

Mix sugar and cornstarch in saucepan.
Stir in hot water gradually and cook until thick.
Add to this mixture the egg yolks (beaten); stir in gradually and cook for 1 minute.
Blend butter, lemon juice and grated lemon rind into the hot mixture.
Beat egg white until frothy and fold gently into the lemon mixture.