Cream Pie

• by Judi on Sep 3, 2007

1/2 c. sugar
4 TBSP flour
1/4 tsp salt
2 c. milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 TBSP table fat (butter)
1 tsp vanilla
9 inch baked pastry shell or graham cracker shell

Mix dry ingredients with a little of the milk. Add the rest of the milk. Cook over boiling water, stirring until thick. Cover and cook 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.

Add a little of the hot mixture to egg yolks. Pour back and cook a few minutes longer. Add table fat (butter) and vanilla.

Pour filling into pie shell, cool slightly, and cover with meringue. See meringue recipe for cream pie variations.

Bake at 325 degrees F 12 - 15 minutes.

Recipe Credit: Family Fare food management and recipes booklet - Prepared by Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics - Issued February 1950

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