Butter Scotch Pie

Ingredients

• 1 egg.
• Dark brown sugar, 1 cup.
• Milk, 1 cup.
• Flour, 3 tablespoons.
• Fat, 2 tablespoons.
• Water, 3 tablespoons.
• Powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon.
• Vanilla, i teaspoon.
• 1 baked crust.
• Salt, 1 teaspoon.

Method

1. 1

   Put yolk of egg into saucepan; add brown sugar, flour, milk, water, fat, and salt.

2. 2

   Stir over fire till mixture thickens and comes to boiling point, but do not boil.

3. 3

   Add vanilla.

4. 4

   Pour into baked pie shell.

5. 5

   Beat white of egg stiff, then beat in powdered sugar.

6. 6

   Spread meringue on top of pie and brown slightly in moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Use and preparation of food (1919) by United States. Federal Board for Vocational Education., page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Salt, i teaspoon. Boiling water, 3 tablespoons. 92 USE AND PEEPARATION OF FOOD. Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into basin ; rub fat lightly into them • then stir in boiling water. Cool paste before using it, or it will be too sticlcy to handle. FAT-SAVING PASTKY lU. (Four small single-crust pies.) Baking powder, Ij teaspoons. Flour, 2i cups. Fat, 2 cup. Lemon juice, 1 teaspoon. Cold water. Salt, * teaspoon. Sift and mix together flour, salt, and baking powder. Chop fat in or rub it in with finger tips. Chill two hours. Then take out one-half cup and to re- mainder add lemon juice and cold water gradually to make stiff paste. Knead lightly and roll into a long, narrow strip. Sprinkle dough with half of reserved mixture and fold so as to make three layers. Turn halfway around, roll again into a strip, sprinkle with rest of mixture, and fold as before. Roll and fold twice more and bake. DEEP-DISH APPLE PIE. Line a deep pie plate with crust, building it well up around the edges. Bake crust separately, or before tilhng ; brush with slightly beaten white of egg, then fill with apples that have been stewed with sugar, and a little seasoning. Lemon juice and grated rind, or cinnamon or nutmeg make good additions. In normal times a little fat is added to the apples. Serve phiin or with cream or cover with meringue and place in hot oven until brown. BUTTEB SCOTCH PIE. (One pie.) 1 egg. Dark brown sugar, 1 cup. Milk, 1 cup. Flour, 3 tablespoons. Fat, 2 tablespoons. Water, 3 tablespoons. Powdered sugar. 1 tablespoon. Vanilla, i teaspoon. 1 baked crust.

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