Burnt Sugar Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 8 or 9-inch pie shells
4 cups milk
1 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs
1/2 cup cornstarch

Preparation

Brown 1 cups sugar until golden and add enough hot water to make a syrup.
Then add to warm milk.
Then add these ingredients mixed together in a small bowl.
1/3 cup sugar, 1/4 tsp. salt, 4 eggs separated, (save the whites for the meringue), 1/2 cup or 6 Tbsp. cornstarch, and 1/3 cup milk.
Mix well and add to milk and cook until thickened.
Pour into pie shells.
Cover with meringue and brown in oven.