Cream Pie

By Cindy

Ingredients

• Crust
• 1 (9-inch) Perfect Pie Dough, recipe follows, baked and cooled
• Filling
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 egg yolks
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract or 1 vanilla bean split in half lengthwise and seeds scraped
• Perfect Pie Dough
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces, chilled or frozen
• 4 to 6 tablespoons ice cold water

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

In a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan, mix together sugar, flour, and salt.

In a separate mixing bowl, beat together the egg yolks and milk. Whisk the egg mixture into the dry ingredients in the saucepan. Continue whisking over low heat until the mixture coats the back of a spoon and is smooth and thick.

Remove from the heat and stir in the butter and vanilla. Cook's Note: Add any variations at this point.

Allow the mixture to cool and pour into the baked pie shell. Chill the pie completely and top with fresh whipped cream or other desired topping.