Vanilla Custard for Cream Pies (Banana, Coconut, Chocolate)

Recipe By: Claudia Witt

Ingredients
2/3 Cup Sugar
3 Cups WHOLE milk
1/4 Cup Cornstarch
4 Egg Yolks, beaten
1/2 tsp salt
2 T Butter
1 T plus 1 tsp Vanilla

Directions
Blend milk and egg yolks in saucepan, when heated and starting to boil, add dry mixture (mix ahead of time) sugar and cornstarch and salt, stirring constantly until thickens and boils, . Boil and stir for 1 minute; remove from heat.
Blend in Butter and Vanilla, pour immediately into baked pie shell, press plastic wrap onto filling. Chill at least 2 hours.

We made Chocolate Cream pie this year by adding 1 package of milk Chocolate Chips to the custard and stirring until melted just after you add the butter and vanilla.  YUM.