Description

If you are needing a dessert to serve for a special occasion, try this delicious butterscotch pie. It's rich and luscious. It has just the right amount of flavor and sweetness from the butterscotch and meringue.

Ingredients

• Crust:
• 1 baked 9 inch pie shell, still warm
• Filling:
• 1 1/2 c. brown sugar
• 3 heaping T. cornstarch
• 1/2 t. salt
• 5 1/3 T. butter
• 3 c. whole milk
• 4 egg yolks, beaten (Save the whites for the meringue)
• Meringue:
• 4 egg whites
• 1/4 heaping t. cream of tartar
• 7 t. powdered sugar
• 1 T. cornstarch
• 1/4 t. vanilla

Steps

1. Filling:
2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
3. In a medium sized saucepan, cook sugar, cornstarch, salt, butter and milk until thick, stirring often so that the mixture doesn't burn on the bottom. Temper the eggs by pouring a small amount of the mixture into the beaten yolks; stir; add back to the rest of the mixture. Bring to a boil; cook for 2 minutes. Pour the filling into a warm crust.