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Cream Pie with variations




Source of Recipe


Linda Comer


List of Ingredients




¼ cup cornstarch
2/3 cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
2 cups milk
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 T butter
½ tsp vanilla

Recipe



Combine cornstarch, sugar and salt. Beat egg yolks slightly and add milk. Slowly combine egg mixture with dry ingredients. Cook in microwave until thick. Usually takes about 6 minutes. Check every two minutes. Add butter and vanilla. Cool. Pour into baked pie crust. Prepare meringue.

BANANA: slice 3 bananas in shell, add filling

BUTTERSCOTCH: substitute 1 cup brown sugar (dark brown if you prefer more butterscotch taste) for 2/3 cup granulated sugar, increase butter to 3 T.

CHOCOLATE: increase sugar to 1 cup, melt two 1 oz. squares unsweetened chocolate and add to eggs and milk.

COCONUT; add 1 cup coconut to filling, sprinkle ½ cup coconut over meringue before baking

PINEAPPLE: add ½ cup thoroughly drained, crushed pineapple to cooled filling.