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Vanilla Cream Pie and Variations Recipe

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This recipe for Vanilla Cream Pie and Variations is from THE HORNER FAMILY COOKBOOK The 75th Anniversary Edition, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups milk
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 T. margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
1 9 inch baked pie shell

Meringue Ingredients:
3 egg whites
6 T. sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
Directions:
Directions:
In saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Stir in cornstarch. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture boils. Cook 2 minutes longer; remove from heat. Stir small amount of hot mixture into yolks to temper; return to hot mixture. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. Cool to room temperature. Pour into pastry shell.

Meringue: Beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add the sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Spread over pie filling, sealing to pastry. Bake at 350 degrees for about 12-15 minutes. Cool.
Variations:
Banana Cream Pie: Slice 3 bananas into cooled pie shell. Top with vanilla cream pie filling and meringue. Bake as directed.
Chocolate Cream Pie: In the vanilla cream pie recipe, increase the sugar to 1 cup. Chop 2 (1 ounce) squares of unsweetened chocolate. Add with the milk.
Coconut Cream Pie: Add 1 cup flaked coconut to vanilla cream pie filling. Sprinkle 1/4 coconut over meringue before browning.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
"Pie making made easy!"

Lillie Belle Tuttle Wright married Maurice Wright on June 30, 1950. Lillie Belle is the daughter of Theodore Tuttle and Golda Fae Horner. Golda Fae is the daughter of Walter Franklin Horner who was the son of Robert Carson Horner.

 

 

 

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