Ingredients
Basic Cream Pie:
1 cup sugar
slightly less than 1/2 cup flour
3 cups milk
2 or 3 egg yolks
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 tbsp butter
Chocolate Cream Pie
As above except:
add 1/2 cup cocoa to dry ingredients
omit egg yolks
add a bit more butter
omit vanilla
Preparation
Mix flour and sugar. In pot on medium heat, combine flour, sugar, and milk, stirring regularly. Bring to just under a boil.
Add egg yolks, and whip quickly into mixture.
Bring entire mixture to boil to ensure flour is cooked.
Add vanilla and butter after turning off heat. Do not boil vanilla as this would dissipate flavor.
