Vanilla Cream Pie with Variations

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 3 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Mix sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour in a saucepan.
2. Stir the milk in gradually. Cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil for 1 minute.
3. Remove from heat. Stir a little of the mixture into egg yolks. Blend into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil 1 minute more, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
4. Blend in butter and vanilla extract. Cool, stirring occasionally.
5. Pour into cooled baked pie shell.
6. Chill for 2 hours.

Notes

Coconut Pie: Use Vanilla Cream Pie recipe except fold in 3/4 cup moist, shredded coconut just before pouring into pie shell.

Chocolate Pie: Use Vanilla Cream Pie recipe except use 1 1/2 cups sugar and add 3 ounces or 3 squares chocolate which have been melted over hot water.

Banana Cream Pie: Use Vanilla Cream Pie recipe. Slice 3 large bananas and place in bottom of pie shell before adding cream pie mixture.