Prune Whip Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. cooked, dried prunes
• 1/4 c. juice from prunes
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
• 1/2 c. sugar
• pinch of salt
• 2 eggs, separated
• 1/2 c. milk
• 1 tsp. gelatin
• 2 Tbsp. cold water
• baked 8 or 9-inch pastry shell

Directions

1. Remove stones from prunes and press pulp through food mill or coarse sieve.
2. Add juice, sugar and salt.
3. Beat egg yolks; add milk and cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until mixture coats spoon.
4. Remove from heat at once and stir in gelatin, which has been softened 5 minutes in the cold water.
5. Add to prunes when cool.
6. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
7. Pour into baked shell and chill in refrigerator.