Cooking Our Way

1 9 or 10” baked pie shell
2/3 c. sugar
½ t. salt
2 ½ T. corn starch
3 c. hot milk
1 T. flour
3 egg yolks
1 ½ t. vanilla
1 T. butter

Blend dry ingredients.  Slowly add hot milk and boil 1 minute.  Beat egg yolks slightly and add one cup of hot mixture.  Add yolk mixture to hot mixture and cook one minute more.  Add vanilla and butter.  Cover with waxed paper while cooling

CHOCOLATE PIE
Increase sugar to one cup. Melt 2 ½ squares chocolate in milk. When cool, spoon into baked pie shell.   Top with whipped cream and chopped nuts

COCONUT CREAM PIE
Add ½ c. coconut to pie filling.   Spoon cooled filling into pie shell and top with whipped cream and additional coconut.  (Coconut may be toasted for topping)

BANANA PIE
Slice one or two bananas in baked pie shell and cover with cream filling.  Top with whipped cream.