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BASIC CREAM PIE

Source of Recipe

Aunt Ginger's recipe box


Recipe Introduction

This is a basic recipe with suggestions on how to modify to make coconut cream pie or banana cream pie.

List of Ingredients

2/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
3 1/2 (heaping) TBSPs cornstarch
1 (heaping) TBSP flour
3 cups milk
3 egg yolks
1 TBSP butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla


Recipe

In large cook pan combine sugar, salt, cornstarch, and flour. Mix well then add milk gradually. In mixing bowl, beat egg yolks; add to milk mixture. Cook until thick. Add butter and vanilla. Cool before filling a baked 9" pie shell.

For coconut cream pie add the amount of coconut you prefer.

For banana cream pie add mashed/beaten bananas - one large or two small bananas. Or place layer of sliced bananas on bottom of pie crust before adding cream pie filling. Garnish top of pie with remaining banana slices.

Add meringue topping or top with whipped cream or whipped dairy topping.