Mother's Day Recipes
Strawberry Cream Pie
Ingredients
- 1 (9 inch) pastry shell
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups milk, divided
- 3 small egg yolks, beaten
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon firm butter
- 1 1/2 cup sliced strawberries
Instructions
- Bake and cool pastry shell.
- Blend flour and sugar in heavy saucepan. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk until smooth. Cook and stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Stir 1/2 cup of hot mixture into well-beaten egg yolks; stir together. Pour back into saucepan; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla extract and butter.
- Pour half of mixture into pie shell. Layer strawberries; pour remaining mixture on top.
- Cool and serve.