mother's butterscotch pie
(2 ratings)
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
(2 ratings)
yield
8 -10
prep time
40 Min
Ingredients For mother's butterscotch pie
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19" baked pie shell
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6 Tbspbutter
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1 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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1 cboiling water
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3 Tbspcorn starch
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2 Tbspall purpose flour
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 2/3 cmilk
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3egg yolks, slightly beaten
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1 tspvanilla
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whipped topping
How To Make mother's butterscotch pie
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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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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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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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4Pour filling into cooled baked pie shell. Serve immediately with whipping topping or refrigerate before serving later.
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