Cream Pie and its Variations Recipe ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoons cornstarch
• ¼ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 egg yolks or 1 whole egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Scald the milk. Mix the cornstarch, sugar and salt, and add hot milk slowly. Cook twenty minutes over hot water. Beat the egg yolks and add slowly, stirring rapidly. Cool and add vanilla. Put into a baked crust. Vary in any of the following ways:

To prepare this Cream Pie and its Variations Recipe, first banana or orange pie - Slice fruit into baked crust and cover with custard filling. Cover top with meringue made from egg whites.

Chocolate pie - Use only seven-eighths tablespoon cornstarch. Add two squares of grated chocolate just before removing custard from the stove. Beat well. Cover with meringue

Coconut pie - Add two tablespoons shredded coconut to the meringue made from the egg whites.

Nut pie - Stir one cup of chopped nuts into the filling and sprinkle the top with a few. Raisins and nuts may be used together.

Spice pie - Add two teaspoons each of ground cloves and cinnamon to the cooked filling.

Date pie - Add one cup of chopped dates. Cover with meringue.