Butterscotch Meringue Pie

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 pie crust, baked
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 bake pie crust as directed.
• 2 cool.
• 3 preheat oven to 400°f mix flour and salt together in a small bowl.
• 4 add 2/3 cup milk and beat until smooth.
• 5 melt butter in a pot over medium heat: add brown sugar and cook until thick and fluffy.
• 6 add 1 1/2 cups milk all at once.
• 7 cook over medium heat until butterscotch dissolves.
• 8 stir a small amount into flour mixture.
• 9 add to cooked mixture in pot.
• 10 cook over medium heat until thick.
• 11 cook additional 5 minutes stirring constantly.
• 12 stir a small amount of hot mixture into beaten egg yolks.
• 13 add eggs to mixture in pot and cook stirring for 1 minute longer.
• 14 remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• 15 pour into baked, cooled shell.
• 16 prepare meringue and spread on filling.
• 17 bake for 5-7 minutes until meringue is lightly browned.
• 18 meringue: beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
• 19 gradually add sugar, while beating.
• 20 pile gently onto pie filling.
• 21 bake.