This butterscotch pie recipe is a brown-sugar custard poured into a baked crust. It is not butterscotch pudding in a bowl or a pecan pie.
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Butterscotch Pie
- Total Time: 3 hours
- Yield: 8 slices 1x
Description
Butterscotch Pie. From Alissa.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 baked pie crust
- 1 cup (200g) brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups (480ml) milk
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Whisk brown sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a saucepan. Whisk in milk and yolks.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the custard bubbles and thickens, about 8 minutes.
- Off the heat, stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into the crust and chill at least 2 hours.
Notes
Cook until it bubbles or the center stays loose.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Sugar
Brown sugar, not white. That is the butterscotch.
Yolks
They set the custard. Save the whites for another day.
Crust
Fully baked and cooled before the filling.
Skin
Press plastic on the surface while it chills.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Whipped cream?
A spoon on each slice, not stirred in.
Storage
Fridge, 3 days.
Cornstarch
Do not skip it. Yolks alone will not hold a slice.
Scotch
A teaspoon is optional and strong. The pie is named for the sugar.