Recipe: Butterscotch Pie

Butterscotch Pie
From: Joy of Cooking, 1952

Prepare:
A baked pie shell

Combine in a double boiler:
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon salt

Stir and cook these ingredients until they are blended. Add:
1 cup scalded milk

Beat until light:
3 egg yolks

Pour a little of the milk mixture over them. Beat it with the yolks and return it to the double boiler. Stir and cook it until the yolks thicken slightly. Cool the custard and flavor it with:
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Add:
1/2 cup nut meats or crushed peanut brittle

Pour the custard into the baked pie shell.
Cover it with a Meringue made with :
3 egg whites

Bake it in a slow oven 300 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.