Karp Family Recipes

Lemon Sponge Pie

Category: Desserts, Pies

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter 2 heaping tablespoons flour pinch salt Juice and grated rind of 1 lemon 2 eggs, separated 1 cup milk 1 unbaked pie shell

Directions:

Preheat oven to 375. Cream together sugar and butter. Add flour, salt, lemon juice, lemon peel, egg yolks and milk. Blend until thoroughly mixed. Beat egg whites until stiff, then fold into the pie mixture. Pour into pie shell and bake for 10 minutes at 375. Reduce heat to 300 and continue baking for 40-50 minutes or until the pie tests done.