Vanilla Cream Pie/Chocolate/Coconut/Banana Cream Pudding

  1. Cooking on stovetop.
  2. Bake pie shell.
  3. Stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan.
  4. Blend milk and egg yolks; gradually stir into sugar mixture.
  5. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
  6. Boil and stir 1 minute.
  7. Remove from heat; blend in butter and vanilla.
  8. Immediately pour into baked pie shell; press plastic wrap onto filling.
  9. Chill pie thoroughly, at least 2 hours.
  10. If desired, serve pie with sweetened whipped cream.
  11. Microwave.
  12. Bake pie shell.
  13. Stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in microwave glass mixing bowl.
  14. Blend milk and egg yolks; Whip with whisk well.
  15. Cook on high for 2 minutes at a time, take out and use wire whip to blend well and return to microwave for 2 more minutes.
  16. Continue this until mixture is of pudding consistency.
  17. Blend in butter and vanilla.
  18. Immediately pour into baked pie shell; press plastic wrap onto filling.
  19. Chill pie thoroughly, at least 2 hours.
  20. If desired, serve pie with sweetened whipped cream.
  21. Variations:.
  22. Chocolate Cream Pie:.
  23. Follow recipe for 9-inch pie except-increase sugar to 1 1/2 cups and cornstarch to 1/3 cup.
  24. Omit butter and stir in 2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate with the vanilla.
  25. Coconut Cream Pie:.
  26. Decrease Vanilla to 2 teaspoons and stir in 1C flaked coconut.
  27. Sprinkle flaked coconut over whipped cream on pie.
  28. Banana Pudding:.
  29. Make Vanilla Cream.
  30. Cool for 15-20 minutes.
  31. While cooling, line bottom of pan with vanilla wafers and top with sliced bananas.
  32. Cover with cooled pudding.
  33. Top with heavy cream (for every 8 oz of heavy cream add 4 t of sugar -- whip cream until stiff.
  34. Crush a few wafers and sprinkle on top.

sugar, cornstarch, cornstarch, salt, milk, egg yolks, butter, vanilla, vanilla

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/vanilla-cream-pie-chocolate-coconut-banana-cream-pudding-148727 (may not work)

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