Family Recipes

Dessert›Pie

Basic Cream Pie

Ingredients

  • 1 c. sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • ½ c. + 2 Tbs. cornstarch
  • 3 Tbs. butter
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 3 c. milk

Directions

Blend sugar, cornstarch and salt. Slowly stir in milk. Cook and stir over boiling water, or very carefully in saucepan, until thickens. Add ⅓ mixture to well beaten eggs. Then add remainder of mixture. Cook 2 minutes longer. Add butter and vanilla. Add bananas or ½ c. coconut. Pour into pie shells. *Custard can be cooked in microwave. Cook on high stirring every 2 minutes. Makes 2 (8") pies.