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Directions:In saucepan, combine sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat till bubbly. Cook and stir additional 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir small amount hot mixture into yolks. Immediately pour egg mixture into hot mixture, stirring to incorporate. Return to heat and cook two more minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add butter and vanilla. Blend well. Pour into cooled baked pastry shell. Spread meringue atop pie and bake at 350° for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool. If omitting meringue, serve topped whipped cream when pie cools. To prevent skin from forming on surface of filling while it is cooling, put waxed paper directly on top of hot filling. Remove once ready to top. |
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Notes: The directions are from the Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. This basic recipe works for coconut, chocolate, butterscotch, and banana cream pies. For chocolate cream pie, add 3 squares of unsweetened chocolate per pie. For coconut cream pie, add 1 cup flaked coconut per pie with flaked coconut to sprinkle on meringue before going into the oven. For banana cream pie, slice three bananas into bottom of each cooked pie shell. Pour cream filling over top of slices. For butterscotch cream pie, use brown sugar instead of white sugar and increase butter to 3 tablespoons for each pie.
"First pie I learned to make was coconut cream, with a lot of help from Mother," according to Janet. Coconut Cream Pie was Dan's favorite. The girls loved chocolate. When Dan and Marian joined the Elk's Lodge in Harlingen, Marian made both pies from scratch to sell by the slice at the lodge on Friday and Saturday nights. At home for a visit, the girls were complaining about pies Marian had made to take to the Elk's Lodge, but she hadn't made them a Chocolate Cream Pie in a long time. Marian grabbed a Tupperware tall drink container and poured milk in it. She then added a package of instant chocolate pudding. Once the lid was tightly on the container, Marian shook the mixture up and poured it into an extra pie shell. Marian then said, "There's your pie," and left the kitchen.
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