Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 2 cups milk, scalded
- 3 egg yolks
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 baked pie shell
- 3 egg whites
- 6 Tbsp. sugar
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Directions
Melt butter in saucepan, add 1/2 of the brown sugar. Bring to boil and cook 1 minute. Blend rest of brown sugar with flour and 1/8 tsp. salt. Heat milk in top of double boiler, add the dry ingredients, then the cooked sugar and butter mixture. Cook in double boiler, stirring constantly until smooth and then cook 10 minutes longer.
Beat egg yolks, add to mixture gradually and continue stirring. Cook 3 minutes. Remove from heat, add 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Cool. Pour into baked pastry shell and top with meringue. Beat egg whites then add white sugar and 1/8 tsp. salt gradually. Continue beating until stiff. Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla and spread on pie.
By Robin from Washington, IA
