Stove Top Pumpkin Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. evaporated milk
2 c. pumpkin, cooked and mashed
3 egg yolks
1 stick margarine
1 tsp. butternut or vanilla flavoring
1 baked 9-inch pie shell

Preparation

In saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt.
Gradually stir in milk and pumpkin.
Cook and stir until thickened.
Remove from heat; take out small amount of hot mixture and stir into beaten egg yolks.
Return to hot mixture and cook 2 minutes longer.
Remove from heat and stir in margarine and flavoring. Cool to room temperature; pour into pie shell.
Top with meringue.