Recipe Lemon Sponge Pie I (Pie)

Required Ingredients:

• 1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 4 egg yolks, beaten
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons grated lemon zest
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 4 egg whites

Preparing/Cooking:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat the egg yolks, flour, salt, milk, grated zest, and lemon juice into the creamed mixture.
• In a clean bowl and with clean beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• Fold the egg whites into the filling.
• Pour into the unbaked pie shell.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce the temperature to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C), and bake for an additional 45 minutes or until the top is golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

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