Vanilla Cream Pie With Variations Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 3 cup milk
- 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions:
- Mix sugar, salt, cornstarch and flour in a saucepan. Stir in gradually the milk. Cook over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil for 1 minute.
- 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.
- Blend in butter and vanilla extract. Cool, stirring occasionally. Pour into cooled baked pie shell. Chill for 2 hours.
- 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.