Basic Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
2 Tbsp. flour
1/8 tsp. salt
2 1/2 c. milk
2 Tbsp. butter
3 egg yolks (save whites for meringue, beaten yolks)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell or graham cracker crust

Preparation

Mix all ingredients except vanilla in saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until thick (when filling starts to bubble cook 3 minutes), stirring constantly, as it will stick.
Cool slightly and stir in vanilla.
Keep stirred.
Top with meringue.
The filling can be used as pudding.