Mile-High Caramel Cream Pie

Name: Mile-High Caramel Cream Pie
Ingredients: 3 cups milk; 2 cups sugar; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie; ⅓ cup cornstarch; unflavored gelatin; 3 tablespoons cold water; ¼ cup boiling water; 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into pieces; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; Pinch salt; 5 large egg yolks; 1 cup heavy cream, well chilled

Preparation info

Makes one 9- or 9½ inch pie; serves about
8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Classic Home Desserts

By Richard Sax

Published 1994

About

This is sort of a grown-up version of Midwestern Butterscotch Cream Pie. The filling is a light mousse with a caramel flavor, piled high in a crust.

Ingredients

Basic Pie Dough for a 1-crust pie
3 cups milk
2

Dessert
Pie

Method

Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a large circle about ⅛ inch thick. Fit it, without stretching, into a buttered 9- or 9½-inch pie pan. Trim off the excess dough, leavi