Cream Pies: One Easy Recipe with Endless Variations
This is a wonderful recipe to have in your repetoire because you can vary it to make many classic cream pies, including chocolate, banana, butterscotch, eggnog or coconut. Of course, you can always get un-traditional and start coming up with new variations. How about tropical flavors like fresh pineapple and mango, or perhaps a Peaches and Cream Pie, or maybe a Chocolate Banana Cream? Once you read the basic instructions, you'll get endless ideas of how to vary them. Have fun!
The Basic Recipe3/4 Cups sugar1/3 Cups flour 1/4 tsp. salt 2 Cups whole milk 2 eggs or 3 egg yolks 1 T. butter 1 tsp. vanilla 1 baked and cooled 9 in. pie shell whipped cream to top pie
The Basic Instructions Beat the eggs or egg yolks with the remaining cup of milk. Temper the egg mixture with a small amount of the slightly cooled milk mixture then blend this into the larger saucepan with the cooling milk mixture. Return saucepan to the heat and bring to a boil again, stirring constantly, lower heat and simmer until mixture thickens a bit more, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Cool slightly and pour into the baked pie shell. Cool completely then cover top of pie with swettened whipped cream or whipped topping. Cream Pie VariationsChocolate Cream PieMake basic filling and add 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips to hot filling in pan. Stir until chocolate melts completely.
Banana Cream Pie
Coconut Cream Pie
Butterscotch Cream Pie
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