Recipe for cooking butterscotch pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Custard and Meringue Pies

Butterscotch Pie

1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2 c. butterscotch morsels
1 c. sugar, divided
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
3 eggs, separated
1 baked pie shell

Combine milk with 2/3 can water in a saucepan. Heat to simmer. Add butterscotch morsels. Stir until melted. Add 2/3 c. sugar and cornstarch to egg yolks in a bowl. Beat well. Stir a sm. amount of hot mixture into egg yolks. Stir egg yolks into the hot mixture. Continue cooking, stirring until thickened. Pour into pie shell. Beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Add remaining sugar gradually, beating until stiff. Cover pie mixture. Seal edges. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 mins..