Re: Pies & Pastries
Butterscotch Pie-Fannie Farmer 1896 Cookbook
4 tablespoons Butter
6 tablespoons Flour
3/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs
2 cups Milk
3 tablespoons Caramel Syrup
CARAMEL SYRUP
1/2 cup Sugar
1/3 cup Boiling Water
Cream Butter and add flour gradually.
Then add sugar mixed with egg slightly beaten and salt.
Scald milk with three teaspoons caramel syrup and add gradually to mixture.
Cook fifteen minutes in a double boiler, stirring constantly until mixture thickens,
and afterwards occasionally.
CARAMEL SYRUP
Caramalize 1/2 cup sugar, add 1/3 cup boiling water, And let boil until a thick syrup
is formed.
Place in a precooked pie shell. Cool.
Yield: 6 servings
Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking School Cookbook Copywrite 1896
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