You could make a butterscotch pie by using a boxed pudding mix and pouring it in a shell, but why, when it's fairly easy to make it from scratch (plus you get to brag that it's homemade!).
Ingredients: 8 or 9 inch pie shell, 4 tablespoons butter, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 2 cups milk, 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, slightly beaten, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla, 1 cup heavy whipping cream, sugar.
Instructions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line pie plate with pastry. Prick dough all over with tines of fork and bake for 12 minutes, or until lightly browned.
In large pan, place the butter and brown sugar; cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring often, until the mixture is brown and syrupy. Add 1 2/3 cups of the milk, stir, and cook until very hot.
In a small bowl, blend the flour, salt and remaining 1/3 cup of milk until smooth. Add to the hot mixture and cook, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes. Stir some of the hot mixture (about 1 cup) into the beaten eggs, then return egg mixture to the pan. Cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Cool slightly. Add the vanilla, spread in the baked pie shell and chill.
Before serving, whip the cream, sweetening slightly with sugar, and spread over the pie filling.
"As easy as pie!"
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