Ingredients
4 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cornstarch
5 egg yolks (reserve egg whites for meringue)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
- In a double boiler heat 4 cups milk.
- Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch and egg yolks. Add a little milk to sugar mixture and stir. Add to heated milk and cook until thickened. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Remove from heat and pour into a baked pie shell.
- To flavor pie: Coconut Cream: Add coconut to taste Peanut Butter: Add 1/4 cup peanut butter Chocolate: Add 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped or melted Banana Cream: Add 2 sliced bananas
