Banana Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
1/2 c. all-purpose flour or 1/4 c. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
3 c. milk
4 eggs
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell
meringue for pie
3 bananas

Preparation

For filling, in a medium saucepan, combine sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt.
Gradually stir in milk.
Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more.
Remove from heat.
Separate egg yolks from whites. Set whites aside for meringue.
Beat egg yolk slightly.
Gradually stir 1 cup of the hot mixture into yolks.
Return egg mixture to saucepan.
Bring to a gentle boil.
Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Stir in butter or margarine and vanilla.
Slice 3 bananas into bottom of pastry shell.
Pour hot filling into baked pastry shell.
Spread meringue over hot filling.
Seal to edge. Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden.
Cool. Cover; chill to store.
Makes 8 servings.