Banana Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons all purpose flour 
• 6 tablespoons sugar 
• 1/8 teaspoon salt 
• 2 cups milk 
• 2 egg yolks 
• 1 tablespoon butter 
• 1 teaspoon vanilla 
• large banana (1 or 2) 
• 1 - 8 or 9 inch baked pie shell 

Method

Stir flour, sugar and salt together. Scald milk in top of double boiler. Add hot milk to dry ingredients, a little at a time, stirring between additions; mix well. Return to double boiler and cook over boiling water until thickened, stirring constantly; cover and cook 20 minutes longer. Beat egg yolks, slightly; stir a little of the hot mixture into the beaten yolks, then pour back all at once, into double boiler, stirring quickly. Cook for 2 minutes longer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and butter. Chop or slice bananas and fold into filling. Pour into baked pie shell and cool. Decorate top with sliced bananas. Top with meringue.

Meringue can be found at Meringue