Recipe for cooking vanilla creme pie

Desserts to Go with Coffee and Tea :: Custard and Meringue Pies

Vanilla Creme Pie

Posted by kdipaolo at recipegoldmine.com 6/6/01 1:32:29 pm

1 baked pastry shell
2 c. milk
1/3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 c. sugar
3 egg yolks
1 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract or flavoring

Scald milk. Mix dry ingredients, pour milk over them and stir constantly. Cook until smooth and thick. Beat egg yolks, adding some of hot mixture to them. Combine yolks with the custard, cook 1 min.. Add butter and vanilla extract or flavoring. Cool slightly and pour into baked pastry shell. Cool thoroughly before serving.

BUTTERSCOTCH PIE: Use brown sugar in place of sugar.

CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE: Add 2 1/2 Tbsp. cocoa to the dry ingredients.

COCONUT CREAM PIE: Add 1/2 c. shredded coconut to the filling, cover with meringue, sprinkle with 1/4 c. coconut. Bake 20 mins. at 325 degrees F.