Cream Pie (Mrs. John Elder)

Ingredients

• two cups of milk
• piece of butter size of egg
• two slightly rounding tablespoons of cornstarch
• yolks of two eggs
• ½ cup of sugar
• pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Bake pie shell first.

2. 2

   For filling, heat milk and butter in a double boiler until hot.

3. 3

   Add cornstarch mixed in a little milk, then add yolks of eggs, sugar, and salt beaten together.

4. 4

   Cook until a little thick, stirring constantly.

5. 5

   Remove from stove, add vanilla, and pour into shells.

6. 6

   Grate nutmeg over it and add the beaten white of an egg, browned lightly in oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Historic Paxton, her days and her ways, 1722-1913 (1913) by Helen Bruce Wallace, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cream Pie (Mrs. John Elder.) Bake pie shell first. For filling put two cups of milk and piece of butter size of egg in double boiler until hot. Add two slightly rounding tablespoons of cornstarch in a little milk, then add yolks of two eggs, % cup of sugar and pinch of salt

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