Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. milk
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (9-inch) baked pie shell

Preparation

Mix dry ingredients with a small amount of the milk.
Add rest of the milk.
Cook over boiling water (in a double boiler), stirring until thick.
Cover; cook for 15 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.
Add a small amount of the hot mixture to the egg yolks.
Pour back and cook a few minutes longer.
Add butter and vanilla.
Pour filling into baked shell.
Cool slightly; cover with meringue.