Butterscotch Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar
6 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons butter
2 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 9-inch baked pie crust
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Preparation

Mix the brown sugar, flour and salt in the top of a double boiler.
Stir in the milk, add the butter and cook over simmering water, stirring, until thickened.
Let cook 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Beat 2 egg yolks.
Temper them with a little of the hot mixture, then stir them into the pudding.
Cook 5 minutes longer.
Remove from heat.
Add the vanilla, then pour into the prepared pie shell.
Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff, beating in the sugar a little at a time to make a meringue.
Spread on top of pudding and brown in a 350*F oven for about 10 minutes or until golden.