Old Fashioned Cream Pie

Name: Old Fashioned Cream Pie
Ingredients: 12 cup butter; 1 cup sugar; 2 cups half-and-half (cannot use 2% milk); 14 cup cornstarch; 1 pie crust, prepared (baked); nutmeg

6 ingredients

11 steps

Ingredients

12 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 cups half-and-half (cannot use 2% milk)
14 cup cornstarch
1 pie crust, prepared (baked)
nutmeg

Directions

1

Melt butter in double boiler.
2

Mix in sugar into butter.
3

Mix 1/4 cup of half and half with cornstarch.
4

Add remaining half and half to double boiler butter/sugar mix.
5

Stir in half and half/cornstarch into the butter/sugar/half and half combination.
6

Heat over med-low heat, stirring constantly until thickens.
7

Pour into baked pie shell, lightly sprinkle with nutmeg (for garnish).
8

Bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes.
9

Refrigerate.
10

FOR MICROWAVE - mix ingredients together in safe bowl, microwave for 10 minutes, stirring at 2 minute intervals until thick.
11

Pour into prepared shell, sprinkle with nutmeg and bake at 400 degrees for 5 minutes.