cream pie - mimi's
This easy cream pie could be eaten as a pudding, but then again who wants to give up the crust. This a pie my former mother in law made many many times over the years. It's definitely one of my favorites. This basic recipe can be changed up to make a varity of pies; Banana Cream Pie, Chocolate Pie, Coconut Pie, Pineapple Pie, Butterscotch.. etc. Check out my Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie (in photo) using this cream pie filling recipe. http://www.justapinch.com/recipes/dessert/dessert-pie/black-bottom-banana-cream-pie.html
prep time
5 Min
cook time
40 Min
method
Stove Top
yield
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup sugar (may use 2/3 cup for sweeter pie)
- 1/3 cup all purpose flour
- - pinch of salt
- 2 cups milk
- 3 - egg yolks, reserve whites for meringue topping
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 - baked pie shell, (homemade pie shell makes this pie)
- MERINGUE TOPPING
- 3 - egg whites
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
How To Make cream pie - mimi's
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Step 1In a double boiler, over low heat combine; sugar, flour, and salt; add milk. Whisk and cook until mixture begins to thicken, add egg yolks and continue to whisk and cook until mixture reaches a thick consistency.
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Step 2Remove from heat, add; butter and vanilla.
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Step 3Pour pie filling into baked pie shell. Top with meringue and bake at 350 degrees just until merignue is browned.
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Step 4MERINGUE TOPPING: Beat egg whites until stiff, sweeten with sugar and add vanilla. Refrigerate pie.
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Step 5Filling Variations: For chocolate pie; add 2 heaping tablespoons cocoa at the beginning with the sugar and flour mixture. For Coconut; add 1 cup or more grated coconut to cooked filling. For Pineapple pie; add a small can of crushed pineapple (drained) to cooked filling. NOTE: for more pineapple flavor, you can add some of the pineapple juice in place of some milk. For Butterscotch pie; use 1 cup of brown sugar in place of white sugar.
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