Good Cooks’ Recipes

4 tablespoons cornstarch
2 cups brown sugar
5 eggs, separated
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 8 inch pie shell
1 teaspoon baking powder

Mix cornstarch with brown sugar. Beat the egg yolks until thick and lemon colored. Add the brown sugar mixture. Pour in milk and beat well. Place butter or margarine in frying pan and brown lightly. Pour the custard into the pan with the butter and stir until thick. Start over slow flame and gradually increase to moderately hot. This will take about 20 minutes. Cool mixture and pour into baked pastry shell. Beat egg whites until frothy and gradually add in the baking powder. Continue beating until whites are stiff and stand in peaks. Top custard with meringue, spreading to edges of pie and bake at 350° until lightly browned.

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