Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pie

3 eggs separated 2 cups milk 1 cup brown sugar 3/8 cup (1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons) flour 1/2 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons brown sugar Baked pie shell 3 tablespoons white sugar

Directions:
Place the 3 egg yolks in a bowl and beat them. Stir in the milk. In a heavy saucepan, stir 1 cup brown sugar, flour, and salt together until combined, then stir in the milk mixture a little at a time. Cook on medium heat, stirring constantly (!) until mixture thickens to a pudding. Remove from heat and stir in butter, vanilla, and 2 tablespoons brown sugar. Pour pudding into baked pie shell.

Make a meringue by beating the 3 egg whites with 3 tablespoons white sugar until the egg whites are stiff and frothy. Place pie in a 350° oven and bake until meringue is browned.

Notes:
Cream pies of this sort are very popular in Kentucky. This recipe was adapted from a recipe by Ronda Hayes Knorr of Hueysville, Kentucky.