Vanilla Cream Pie/Chocolate/Coconut/Banana Cream Pudding
- 34 cup sugar
- 14 cup cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups milk
- 5 egg yolks, slightly beaten
- 3 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Cooking on stovetop.
- Bake pie shell.
- Stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in saucepan.
- Blend milk and egg yolks; gradually stir into sugar mixture.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.
- Boil and stir 1 minute.
- Remove from heat; blend in butter and vanilla.
- Immediately pour into baked pie shell; press plastic wrap onto filling.
- Chill pie thoroughly, at least 2 hours.
- If desired, serve pie with sweetened whipped cream.
- Microwave.
- Bake pie shell.
- Stir together sugar, cornstarch and salt in microwave glass mixing bowl.
- Blend milk and egg yolks; Whip with whisk well.
- 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.
- Continue this until mixture is of pudding consistency.
- Blend in butter and vanilla.
- Immediately pour into baked pie shell; press plastic wrap onto filling.
- Chill pie thoroughly, at least 2 hours.
- If desired, serve pie with sweetened whipped cream.
- Variations:.
- Chocolate Cream Pie:.
- Follow recipe for 9-inch pie except-increase sugar to 1 1/2 cups and cornstarch to 1/3 cup.
- Omit butter and stir in 2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate with the vanilla.
- Coconut Cream Pie:.
- Decrease Vanilla to 2 teaspoons and stir in 1C flaked coconut.
- Sprinkle flaked coconut over whipped cream on pie.
- Banana Pudding:.
- Make Vanilla Cream.
- Cool for 15-20 minutes.
- While cooling, line bottom of pan with vanilla wafers and top with sliced bananas.
- Cover with cooled pudding.
- Top with heavy cream (for every 8 oz of heavy cream add 4 t of sugar -- whip cream until stiff.
- 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)