Butterscotch Meringue Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pie crust, baked
6 tablespoons flour
1 pinch salt
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla
MERINGUE
2 egg whites
1/4 cup sugar

Preparation

Bake pie crust as directed.
Cool.
Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F Mix flour and salt together in a small bowl.
Add 2/3 cup milk and beat until smooth.
Melt butter in a pot over medium heat: add brown sugar and cook until thick and fluffy.
Add 1 1/2 cups milk all at once.
Cook over medium heat until butterscotch dissolves.
Stir a small amount into flour mixture.
Add to cooked mixture in pot.
Cook over medium heat until thick.
Cook additional 5 minutes stirring constantly.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into beaten egg yolks.
Add eggs to mixture in pot and cook stirring for 1 minute longer.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Pour into baked, cooled shell.
Prepare meringue and spread on filling.
Bake for 5-7 minutes until meringue is lightly browned.
MERINGUE: Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
Gradually add sugar, while beating.
Pile gently onto pie filling.
Bake.