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Celestial Vanilla Pie




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Recipe Introduction


Tiny rivulets of the caramel run down the sides of the wedges on the tall and handsome filling. Delicious! "This is a keeper"!!!!


List of Ingredients




Baked 9-inch pie shell
4 1/2 tbsp. cornstarch
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups boiling water
1/2 tsp. salt
3 egg whites
1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Caramel Sauce (recipe below)
1/2 cup heavy cream, whipped
1/2 square unsweetened chocolate, coarsely grated



Recipe



Combine cornstarch and 3/4 cup sugar in saucepan. Add boiling water, stirring constantly. Continue to cook and stir until thick and clear, about 10 to 12 minutes. Add salt to egg whites and beat until stiff. Add 3 tbsp. of remaining sugar and vanilla, beating until egg whites are creamy. Pour hot cornstarch mixture over egg whites, beating constantly. Cool slightly and pour into pie shell, heaping filling high.

Chill at least 2 hours.

Just before serving, spoon thin Caramel Sauce over filling in pie to cover. Then top with whipped cream sweetened with remaining 1 tbsp sugar. Sprinkle with grated chocolate.

Caramel Sauce:

Melt 2 tbsp. butter in small saucepan. Add 1 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar and 2 tbsp. dark corn syrup. Stir and cook over medium heat 1 minute. Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup light cream. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, then simmer 1 minute longer. Remove from heat and add 1/2 tsp vanilla. Cool. Dilute with cream if necessary, the caramel sauce should be fairly thin.

Makes 1 cup.