Cream Pie (With Variations)

11 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
  • 2 T margarine
  • 1/3 c sugar
  • 1/2 t vanilla
  • 2/3 c sugar
  • 3 eggs whites
  • 1/4 t salt
  • 1/2 t cream of tartar
  • 2 c milk
  • 6 T sugar
  • 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix flour, 2/3 c sugar and salt; gradually add milk.
  2. 2
    Cook over low heat until thick, stirring constantly.
  3. 3
    Add small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks; stir into remaining hot mixture. Cook 2 minutes. Add margarine and vanilla.
  4. 4
    Cool.
  5. 5
    Pour into pie shell. Spread with meringue made by beating egg whites and cream of tarter until stiff, then beating in 6 T sugar, 1 T at a time. Bake in a 350 F oven 12-15 minutes.

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