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Basic Cream Pies - Marcy Howell

Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 2.5 cups milk
  • .25 cup heavy cream
  • 2 egg yolks
  • .66 cup sugar
  • 4 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tsp butter, softened
  • 1 baked pie shell

Steps

  1. Whisk together milk, cream, and egg yolks. Combine the sugar and cornstarch in a medium saucepan. Whisk in egg yolk mixture and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Then stir mixture constantly until it comes to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and butter. Pour into cooked shell.
  2. For banana cream pie: Add 1-2 bananas before pouring into the pie shell.
  3. For coconut cream pie: Add 1 1/2 cups coconut flakes before putting in the pie shell.

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