old Fashioned Banana Cream Pie

prep time:: 15 minutes
total time:: 35 minutes

Serves 8

Before Cool-Whip and instant pudding, this is how a cream pie was made. If you leave out the bananas, you have a vanilla cream pie. If you add 1 cup shredded coconut to milk as it’s being heated, you have coconut cream pie.

ingredients

1 9 inch pie shell, baked
3 cups whole milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 bananas

directions

1
Have baked 9 inch pie shell ready.
2
In a large saucepan, scald milk.
3
In another saucepan, combine the sugar, flour and salt; gradually stir in the scalded milk.
4
Over medium heat, stirring constantly, cook until thickened.
5
Cover and, stirring occasionally, cook for two minutes longer.
6
In a small bowl, have the 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten, ready; stir a small amount of the hot mixture into beaten yolks; when thoroughly combined, stir yolks into hot mixture.
7
Cook for one minute longer, stirring constantly.
8
Remove from heat and blend in the butter and vanilla.
9
Let sit until lukewarm.
10
When ready to pour, slice the bananas and scatter in pie shell’ pour warm mixture over bananas
11
If desired, make meringue (you’ll have 3 leftover egg whites) to top the pie, or just let the pie cool until serving.