Butterscotch Pie

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 14 cup butter
• 21% cups boiling water
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Mix the brown sugar with the flour and add the butter.

2. 2

   Pour boiling water over this mixture and stir until well blended.

3. 3

   Add the egg yolks and cook until thick.

4. 4

   Let cool, add vanilla, and pour into a baked crust.

5. 5

   Make meringue with beaten egg whites, sugar, and vanilla, then cover the pie and brown in a 375-degree oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A lady of good taste (1954) by Mary Katherine Reynolds Babcock, page 29. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Butterscotch Pie 2 cups brown sugar prebaked pie crust 2 tablespoons flour meringue: 14 cup butter 2 egg whites, beaten 21% cups boiling water 4, tablespoons sugar yolks 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla

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