Burnt Sugar Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
4 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. butter
3 egg yolks
1 baked 9-inch pie crust

Preparation

Using an iron skillet, brown one cup of the sugar to a dark brown syrup (watch carefully).
Sift remaining sugar, flour and salt.
Add milk gradually.
Add this mixture to syrup.
Stir and cook until thickened.
Add a small amount of hot mixture into beaten egg yolks; stir, then add yolks to sugar mixture and continue cooking and stirring another 2 minutes.
Add butter and vanilla; blend.
Pour into baked 9-inch pie crust.