Sue’s Butterscotch Pie

Name: Sue’s Butterscotch Pie
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters packed brown sugar; 2 Tbsps butter, room temperature; 4 Tbsps butter, melted; 4 larges egg whites, room temperature; 4 larges egg yolks; 2 Tbsps flour; 355 milliliters crushed graham crackers, 18 squares (1 sleeve); 8 Tbsps granulated sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 4 teaspoons sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 315 milliliters whole milk

Sue’s Butterscotch Pie is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 14g of fat, and a total of 375 calories. If you have brown sugar, egg whites, vanilla, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Separate the 4 eggs and bring them to room temperature. Have the whites in a metal mixing bowl (the one you’ll use for the meringue) and the yolks in any large mixing bowl. Measure out all of the other ingredients and assemble.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and grease a 9 inch glass pie dish.Prepare the crust first.

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Crust

Egg Yolk

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Pie Form

Oven

Combine graham crackers and sugar in bowl. Stir in the butter. Press mixture into the pie dish and bake at 350 degrees F. for 8 minutes.When crust is ready, begin preparing the filling.

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Graham Crackers

Butter

Crust

Sugar

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Oven

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Bowl

Whisk the egg yolks together in a bowl and set aside.In a medium saucepan that is not yet set over heat, stir together the brown sugar, flour, and salt. Now that everything is assembled, stop and prepare the meringue so you’ll have it ready to put over the hot filling.

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Brown Sugar

Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Combine the egg whites (which should already be in the metal bowl) and the salt and mix on high speed with hand mixer until soft peaks form.

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Egg Whites

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Add the sugar 2 tablespoons at a time until the sugar is dissolved and stiff peaks form. Set it aside and proceed with the filling.Warm the milk in the microwave for 1 ½ minutes. Set the saucepan with the brown sugar mixture over medium heat and whisk in the milk. Continue to whisk over medium heat until mixture begins to simmer.

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Brown Sugar

Sugar

Milk

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Microwave

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Whisk

Pour about half of the milk mixture into the egg yolks, then add the egg yolk mixture to the saucepan and continue whisking and stirring over medium heat until mixture thickens and bubbles.

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Egg Yolk

Milk

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Whisk

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Whisk and stir for another 2 minutes while the mixture bubbles and cooks. This whole process doesn’t take long at all — especially if you use warm milk and a metal saucepan.

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Milk

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Remove from heat and whisk in the butter and vanilla.

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Vanilla