Thrifty Cream Pie

This is another recipe that has been in my family for FOREVER! It makes a quick and easy cream base for any of the cream pies (besides chocolate) that you would make. I figured since Thanksgiving was coming and we would all be gorging ourselves on pie...I'd share a few of my families pie recipes with you!

1 cups milk
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp butter

Scald 1 cup milk. Mix sugar, salt, flour, and remaining milk together. Stir into hot milk and cook slowly until thickened, stirring constantly. Cook for 5 minutes. Put egg yolk in bowl and slowly add about 1 cup of mixture to it to temper. Add this back into milk mixture and cook one minute longer. Add butter and vanilla. Cool. Pour into baked pastry shell. Cool until chilled through. Cover with whipped cream.

For a coconut cream pie: Stir 1 1/2 cups shredded coconut into filling.
For banana cream pie: Layer sliced bananas with cream filling ending with bananas on top.
For Raspberry: add one cup raspberries to cooled filling before putting into pie shell.

Ashlee side note: I grew up with this for Thanksgiving. Nothing better than Grandma's banana cream pie!