Butterscotch Pie

This recipe is printed on a card from the Home Service Department at The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co. on Michigan Avenue at Adams Street.

For One Crust:

3/4 cup flour
1/3 tsp. salt
1/4 cup solid shortening
2 Tbsp. water

Filling:

1-1/2 cups brown sugar
1-1/2 cups water
3 Tbsp. flour
3 Tbsp. corn starch
2 Tbsp. white sugar
2 egg yolks
3 Tbsp. butter
1/8 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Heat brown sugar and water to boiling-point. Pour over sifted flour, corn starch and white sugar and cook until thick. Add slightly-beaten egg yolks and cook 1 minute longer. Remove from fire; add butter, salt and vanilla and let cool. Pour into baked crust and cover with meringue made by beating 2 egg whites until frothy, adding 1/4 tsp. baking powder and beating until stiff, then folding in 4 Tbsp. sugar. Put in hot oven or under broiler to brown.