Banana Cream Pie (Mom's Recipe)

Ingredients:

2 Cups milk

5 Tabs. flour

2Tabs. cornstarch

1/4 Tsp. salt

1/2 Cup sugar

3 eggs (separated-beat yolks-hold whites aside for meringue )

1 Tsp. vanilla

1 prepared pie crust (already baked and cooled)

·         Mix together flour, cornstarch, salt and sugar

·         Steam milk

·         Add flour mixture to steamed milk

·         Continue to cook on medium heat until thick, stirring constantly

·         Add 1 tsp. vanilla

·         Allow pudding to cool (cover with plastic wrap)

Meringue Topping
3 egg whites
6 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

·         Beat egg whites until frothy.

·         Add sugar gradually and continue beating until stiff peaks form.

·         Add vanilla.

·         Pile on pie and bake at 325° for 15 to 20 minutes.