Easy Caramel Custard Pie

Our featured recipe for May is a wonderful dessert that you can treat mom with on her special day.  It is Easy Caramel Custard pie from the cookbook “Amish Cooking”.

Easy Caramel Custard Pie

• 1 ½ cups brown sugar
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 egg yolks

Boil brown sugar, water, and butter together for 2 or 3 minutes until it develops a good strong caramel flavor. In a separate bowl, mix flour, milk and egg yolks.

Then slowly stir in flour mixture into boiling syrup, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil. Remove from heat: cool 5 minutes and stir once. Pour into a baked

9-inch pie shell. Top with either  meringue from the egg whites or allow pie to cool and top with a whipped cream.