Butterscotch Pie (Amish Cooking)

Title:
Butterscotch Pie (Amish Cooking)

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Sweet-,
Pie




Ingredients:





     2 tb Butter


     1 c  Brown sugar


   2/3 c  Hot water


     2 tb Flour


     3 tb Cornstarch


   1/2 ts Salt


     2    Egg yolks


     2 c  Milk


     1 ts Vanilla






 Brown the butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the brown sugar and stir it until


 it is melted. Add the hot water and cook the syrup until all the lumps


 disappear.


 


 Mix together the flour, cornstarch, salt, eggs and milk, then slowly stir


 this mixture into the hot syrup. Boil it until it thickens, then add the


 vanilla. Pour it into a baked pie shell and top it with meringue.


 


 Variations: If you wish to use this as a butterscotch pudding or sauce, add


     1/2    cup more milk.


 


 Recipe by: Amish Cooking, Herald Press, ISBN 0-8361-3600-4


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #826 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on


 Oct 04, 1997