Cream Pie (Variety of Flavors)

Name: Cream Pie (Variety of Flavors)
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 3/4 cup milk; 1/3 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 cup cornstarch; 1/8 tsp salt; 1 tbsp margarine; 1 dash vanilla extract; 1 tub Cool Whip; 1 pie shell (frozen, store-bought); 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 cup brown sugar; 1 -2 bananas; 2/3 cup granulated sugar; 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 cup granulated sugar; 1/2 lemon (juice)

holly.baxter.3701 @cook_3371214

The base recipe is for Vanilla Cream Pie, but it can be altered for a variety of flavors including Banana, Butterscotch, Chocolate, and Lemon.

This was my grandma's recipe and she always called them Cream Pies. I rather tend to think of them as Pudding Pies. Yummy :)

The base recipe is for Vanilla Cream Pie, but it can be altered for a variety of flavors including Banana, Butterscotch, Chocolate, and Lemon.

This was my grandma's recipe and she always called them Cream Pies. I rather tend to think of them as Pudding Pies. Yummy :)

holly.baxter.3701 @cook_3371214

The base recipe is for Vanilla Cream Pie, but it can be altered for a variety of flavors including Banana, Butterscotch, Chocolate, and Lemon.

This was my grandma's recipe and she always called them Cream Pies. I rather tend to think of them as Pudding Pies. Yummy :)

The base recipe is for Vanilla Cream Pie, but it can be altered for a variety of flavors including Banana, Butterscotch, Chocolate, and Lemon.

This was my grandma's recipe and she always called them Cream Pies. I rather tend to think of them as Pudding Pies. Yummy :)

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Ingredients

8 servings

Vanilla Cream Pie - Base Recipe
2 3/4 cupmilk
1/3 cupgranulated sugar
1/4 cupcornstarch
1/8 tspsalt
1 tbspmargarine
1 dashvanilla extract
1 tubCool Whip
1pie shell (frozen, store-bought)
Butterscotch Variation
1/2 cupgranulated sugar
1/2 cupbrown sugar
Banana Variation
1/4 cupgranulated sugar
1/4 cupbrown sugar
1-2 bananas
Chocolate Variation
2/3 cupgranulated sugar
3 tbspcocoa powder
Lemon Variation
1 cupgranulated sugar
1/2lemon (juice)

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Steps

1

Thaw pie shell and bake according to box directions.
2

Combine milk, sugar, cornstarch, and salt in a medium microwaveable bowl and mix well. Some ingredients may not blend well until during/after heating.
3

Microwave for 5 minutes or until mixture almost boils over. Be careful if using a bowl that gets hot. Also, don't walk away from it or, rest assured, you'll be cleaning the microwave too :)
4

Stir gently to blend ingredients (some tend to separate). Microwave for another 5 minutes Again...don't walk away from it.
5

Add margarine and vanilla (to taste) and stir gently to blend (agitating too much after thickening may cause it not to set as well).
6

Pour into pie shell. Let pie rest until it is room temperature. Place in the refrigerator until filling has set.
7

Top with Cool Whip and serve.
8

Banana Variation: Use 1/4 c. granulated sugar and 1/4 c. brown sugar instead of the sugar amount indicated in the base recipe. Slice banana(s) and line the baked pie shell with them, pouring pie filling on top.
9

Butterscotch Variation: Use 1/2 c. granulated sugar and 1/2 c. brown sugar instead of the sugar amount indicated in the base recipe.
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Chocolate Variation: Use 2/3 c. granulated sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder instead of the sugar amount indicated in the base recipe.
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Lemon Variation: Use juice from 1/2 of a lemon and 1 c. granulated sugar, instead of the sugar amount indicated in the base recipe.