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Old September 6th, 2005, 09:14 AM
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Default Basic Cream Pie

Basic Cream Pie

3/4 cup sugar
2 TBS flour
3 TBS cornstarch
1/8 tsp salt

Mix the dry ingredients to blend, place into med. sauce pan then add:

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 cups of milk

Blend well, stirring constantly on med heat til thick 'n bubbly.
Remove from heat and add:

2 TBS butter
1 tsp. vanillia

Blend in fruit and pour into Baked Pie Shell, top with Meringue and bake til brown, or serve as a pudding........

Variations:
Chocolate Pie, add 2 TBS of Cocoa
Banana, add 1 sliced banana
Cocanut, add 1/2 cup, lightly toasted is nice, esp for sprinkles on the meringue
Butterscoth, substitute the white sugar with brown sugar
Rasion, add 1/2 cup softened in hot water
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