Old English Cream Pie Filling - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 quarts milk
2 tablespoons butter
3 eggs, beaten
2 1/4 cups white sugar
1 1/4 cups cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

In a sauce pan, combine milk and butter. Bring to a boil. In a medium bowl, combine eggs, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Slowly whisk 1 cup of hot milk mixture into egg mixture. Gradually whisk egg mixture back to remaining milk mixture. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Allow to cool.