Vanilla Cream Pie

Name: Vanilla Cream Pie
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Baked 8" pie shell; 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 tblsp. butter or margarine; 1 tblsp. cornstarch; 3 tblsp. flour; ½ c. sugar; 1½ c. milk; ¼ tsp. salt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

About

A Farm Journal 5-star basic recipe

Ingredients

Baked 8" pie shell
½ c. sugar
3 tblsp. flour

Americas
United States
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Combine sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in top of double boiler. Mix with wooden spoon. Blend in milk gradually, then add egg yolks. Add butter.
Place over rapidly boiling water so pan is touching water. Cook until thick and smooth, about 7 minutes, stirring constantly. Scrape down sides of pan frequently.
Remove from heat. Add vanilla. Stir until smo