Vanilla Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. salt
3 c. milk
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Mix in a saucepan sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Stir in gradually the milk; cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens.
Boil 1 minute.
Remove from heat and gradually add at least 1/2 of hot mixture into egg yolks, then blend into hot mixture into saucepan.
Boil 1 minute more, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat.
Blend in butter and vanilla.
Pour into baked pie shell.
Add meringue on top.