Traditional Scottish Recipes Apple Butterscotch Pie

APPLE-BUTTERSCOTCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F.
• Place 1 pie crust in ungreased 9-inch pie plate.
• Press firmly against side and bottom. Place in refrigerator to keep chilled.
• For the butterscotch sauce - in a small saucepan, stir 3/4 cup of the brown sugar with the half-and-half over low to medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Add the butter and vanilla, stirring until butter melts.
• Remove from heat and set mixture aside to cool completely.
• In a medium bowl, toss the apple wedges with the lemon juice.
• Add the remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg. Toss to combine well.
• Remove pie plate with pie shell from the refrigerator.
• Sprinkle 1 teaspoon flour onto the bottom of the unbaked pie shell.
• Scoop apple mixture onto the sprinkled flour.
• Pour the cooled butterscotch mixture evenly over the apples.
• Cover with top crust; pinch the 2 crusts together, fold the dough under itself so the edge of the fold is against the edge of the pie pan.
• Make several slits in top crust to allow steam to escape.
• Bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown and the juices are bubbling. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

BUTTERSCOTCH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium saucepan, stir together the brown sugar, heavy cream and butter. Cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a full boil, becoming thick and brown, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Reserve 1 tablespoon of the milk. Slowly add the remaining milk to the sugar mixture.
• Whisk together the cornstarch, egg yolks, vanilla and reserved 1 tablespoon of milk in a medium bowl. Add the cornstarch mixture to the sugar mixture over medium-low heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thick, about 3 minutes. Pour the filling into the prebaked pie crust.
• Make a meringue by beating the egg whites and a pinch of salt with an electric mixer until they begin to set stiff. Add the granulated sugar and continue beating until the whites are stiff and hold peaks. Spread the meringue on top of the pie, taking care to spread it to the edges of the crust. Bake until light brown, about 10 minutes.

BUTTERSCOTCH APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Melt butter; add flour, sugar and hot water.
• Cook until thick; add apples.
• Cook until tender; add vanilla.
• Put in baked pie shell; cool.
• Serve with whipped cream.
• Bake shell ahead of time.
• I have not tried this yet.

TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH RECIPES - APPLE BUTTERSCOTCH PIE

Steps:

• You can use a ready-prepared pastry flan case or make your own. I recommend Recipe #148258.(I would like to mention that on rampantscotland.com, most pie crust recipes are made with half lard, half butter. Seems to be another scottish touch, which I like).
• Peel and thinly slice the apples to fill the case completely.
• Beat together one egg and two tablespoon of cream. Mix this with the brown sugar, flour and pinch of salt.
• Spread this mixture over the apples and bake in a preheated oven at 220C/425F/Gas mark 7 for ten minutes. Then reduce the heat to 180C/350F/Gas mark 4 for a further 20 minutes or so, until the apples are soft.
• Make a meringue topping by placing two egg whites in a dry bowl and beat with an electric whisk/mixer until firm peaks form. Add the white sugar gradually, beating constantly until the mixture is thick and glossy and all the sugar has dissolved.
• Spread the plum jam over the apples and then spoon the meringue over the filling. Swirl into peaks with a fork or flat-bladed knife.
• Bake for a further 20 minutes or so until the meringue is lightly golden.(watch kind of closely, I've burned meringues by following these directions excactly because ovens vary) Serve cold.

BUTTERSCOTCH CRUMB APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• ---ForFilling---.
• Mix together apples and lemon juice in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt; pour over apples, coating apples well.
• If using frozen pie shell, use deep-dish type, and bake on cookie sheet for 10 minutes to thaw.
• Pour apples into pie shell.
• Cover edges of pie crust with aluminum foil to prevent burning.
• Bake at 375 degrees F.
• for 20 minutes.
• ---ForTopping---.
• In top of double boiler, stir together morsels and butter until they are melted; remove from heat.
• Stir in flour and salt; mix until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Remove foil from pie crust; sprinkle topping over pie.
• Bake an additional 20-25 minutes or until crust is golden and pie is bubbly.
• Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

GRANDMA'S BUTTERSCOTCH PIE

Steps:

• In top of double boiler, combine brown sugar, cornstarch, salt and milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to thicken, about 20 minutes.
• Whisk in egg yolks; continue to cook and stir until filling is thickened.
• While pudding mixture is cooking, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Remove filling from heat, and stir in butter and vanilla.
• Pour filling into prepared pie crust. Bake in preheated oven until top begins to brown, about 5 minutes.