Butterscotch Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. brown sugar (dark)
1/2 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 1/2 c. milk
3 eggs, separated
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. butter
1/4 c. sugar

Preparation

Combine sugar, salt and cornstarch in saucepan.
Stir in milk and cook over medium-low heat until slightly thickened.
Combine a little of hot mixture with beaten egg yolks.
Return to hot mixture and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes.
Stir in vanilla and butter.
Pour into baked pastry shell.
Top cooled filling with meringue made by beating egg whites with 1/4 cup sugar until stiff enough to hold in peaks.
Brown in hot oven at 425\u00b0 for about 5 minutes.