Basic Cream Pie

9 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. cornstarch
  • 2 Tbsp. flour
  • 1/8 tsp. salt
  • 2 1/2 c. milk
  • 2 Tbsp. butter
  • 3 egg yolks (save whites for meringue, beaten yolks)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 (9-inch) baked pie shell or graham cracker crust

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix all ingredients except vanilla in saucepan.
  2. 2
    Cook over medium heat until thick (when filling starts to bubble cook 3 minutes), stirring constantly, as it will stick.
  3. 3
    Cool slightly and stir in vanilla.
  4. 4
    Keep stirred.
  5. 5
    Top with meringue.
  6. 6
    The filling can be used as pudding.

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