Gus Stevens' Peanut Butter Cream Pie

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour or 3 T. cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 slightly beaten egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 9" baked pastry shell
• 4-5 ounces peanut butter, softened
• Whipped cream topping

Preparation

Step 1

In saucepan, combine sugar, flour or cornstarch and salt.
Gradually cook and stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat, until bubbly. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

Stir small amount of hot mixture into yolks; immediately return to hot mixture. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add vanilla.

Place peanut butter in microwave to soften; then gradually stir into mixture Place into cooled pie shell and let cool Add whipped cream topping.