mother's butterscotch pie
Found another old recipe in my mother's cookbook. This brings back a lot of childhood memories. I can still see this pie sitting on Mother's kitchen table just waiting to be eaten! Today's butterscotch flavor can't hold a candle to it! Photo by: http://blekko.com/ws/buttersscotch+pie+/images
prep time
40 Min
cook time
method
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yield
8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients
- 1 - 9" baked pie shell
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 2/3 cups milk
- 3 - egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- - whipped topping
How To Make mother's butterscotch pie
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Step 1In a heavy skillet melt the butter. When golden, add the brown sugar; boil until foamy. Stir in the boiling water.
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Step 2In a saucepan, mix together corn starch, flour, salt and milk. Stir in the brown sugar mixture. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. Let boil 1 minute.
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Step 3Remove from heat; stir half of it into 3 slightly beaten egg yolks. Then blend egg mixture back into the hot mixture; let boil 1 minute longer. Stir in the vanilla. Cool slightly.
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Step 4Pour filling into cooled baked pie shell. Serve immediately with whipping topping or refrigerate before serving later.
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