Caramel Meringue Pie (1935)

• 1 cup sugar, melted
• 2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs, separated
• 2 tbspns corn starch
• 1 tspn vanilla
• Salt, pinch

Beat egg yolks.  Add cornstarch, white sugar, milk and salt. Heat.

Melt other sugar. Add to mixture, and cook till thick.  Pour into baked crusts, and cover with meringue.  Return to oven, and brown slightly.  Makes two small pies.

(Origin - My grandmother's collection of recipes from neighbors and friends. All recipes are handwritten, typed or newspaper clippings, from the 1930s to 1950s.  My grandmother was a farmer's wife in California's Central Valley. This recipe was by June Hilton.) 

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Sweet Potato Cinnamon Loaf Cake with Vanilla (1935)

Mahogany Cake with Sour Cream (1936)

Oatmeal Coconut Cookies with Dates, Figs (1935)