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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Pie in American cuisine}}<br />
[[File:Butterscotch pie.jpg|thumb|A slice of butterscotch pie]]<br />
'''Butterscotch pie''' is a [[pie in American cuisine]] made by cooking brown sugar with egg yolks, cornstarch, milk or cream and butter to make a butterscotch [[custard]] pie filling which is topped with meringue and browned in the oven.<ref>{{cite book |title=Metropolitan Cook Book |date=1922 |publisher=Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t-k9AQAAMAAJ}}</ref> Variations on the basic [[pie]] can be made with grated chocolate or orange rind which are sprinkled on the warm filling under the [[meringue]] topping.<ref>{{cite news |title=Variations in Basic Recipe Made for Butterscotch Fans |work=Grand Prairie Daily News (Grand Prairie, Texas) |date=December 1, 1966 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61086260/butterscotch-pie-variations/}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
The pie is said to have originated at a [[Connersville, Indiana]] creamery in 1904 when Sarah Wheeler accidentally made butterscotch out of burnt custard and made a pie out of it for her sons. The recipe for this pie was published in the 1904 edition of a [[Methodist]] church cookbook, and helped her launch a chain of restaurants.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cavinder |first=Fred D. |title=The Indiana book of records, firsts, and fascinating facts |date=1985 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0253283205 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vp7jJrocxcYC&pg=PA77}}</ref> The last Wheeler's restaurant closed in 1969, but according to the recipe published by the [[Indianapolis Star]], attributed to Sarah Wheeler, the filling was made by stirring caramelized brown sugar into a mixture of flour and egg yolks, then adding butter and vanilla.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Dawn |title=How a kitchen accident in Indiana created the butterscotch pie |work=IndyStar |date=October 4, 2018 |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/life/2018/10/03/butterscotch-pie-hoosier-kitchen-accident-indiana-history/1368395002/}}</ref><br />
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==Preparation==<br />
There are different ways to make the [[butterscotch]] filling. The egg yolks and milk can be added to the brown sugar and thickener, then butter and vanilla mixed in after the mixture has started to bubble, or the egg yolks can be added after the milk and sugar mixture has thickened. Another way to make the filling is to melt the butter first, and then add the other ingredients to the melted butter, first the sugar and cream, then scalded milk added in two portions with thickener. For the second version egg yolks are stirred in at the end. The pie filling can also be made with dark corn syrup, and evaporated milk can be used instead of milk or cream.<ref>{{cite news |title=Texture is the Key in No-Fail Butterscotch Pie Recipes |work=The Kansas City Star |date=April 26, 1978 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61086775/butterscotch-pie/}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:American pies]]<br />
[[Category:Cuisine of the Midwestern United States]]<br />
[[Category:Custard desserts]]<br />
[[Category:Sweet pies]]<br />
[[Category:Meringue desserts]]</div>WikiDwarfBOT