Ingredients

• 4 cups milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 5 egg yolks (reserve egg whites for meringue)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

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Instructions

1. In a double boiler heat 4 cups milk.
2. Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch and egg yolks. Add a little milk to sugar mixture and stir. Add to heated milk and cook until thickened. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Remove from heat and pour into a baked pie shell.
3. To flavor pie: Coconut Cream: Add coconut to taste Peanut Butter: Add 1/4 cup peanut butter Chocolate: Add 1-ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped or melted Banana Cream: Add 2 sliced bananas