Strawberry cream pie

8 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 x 9\" Pastry Shell
⅓ cup Flour
½ cup Sugar
2 cups Milk
3 xes Small Egg Yolks
½ teaspoon Vanilla
1 tablespoon Firm Butter
1½ cup Strawberries

Directions

Bake and cool pastry shell.

Blend flour and sugar in heavy saucepan. Slowly stir in 1 cup milk until smooth. Add rest of milk; cook and stir over direct heat until mixture boils and thickens [be careful of boil-overs!]. Stir ½ cup of hot mixture into well-beaten egg yolks; stir together. Pour back in saucepan; cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and butter.

Pour half of mixture in pie shell. Layer strawberries; pour remaining mixture on top. Cool and serve. Yields 6-8 servings.

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