With the Holidays coming up, I thought it was time to share this recipe again. This is such a great recipe for a pie and one that you can put together in just a few minutes. Make a special treat for your family, this is the Easiest Pie Ever – Really.
If you are a newcomer to making pies, I am going to give you a step-by-step tutorial and pictures to guide you through the whole process. I want you to see how really easy this pie is to make. Hopefully, you will make many more for years to come for your family.
I have some really big deep dish pie plates, and I love to use them for all my pies. I cheat a little when I am in a hurry and use a ready-made pie crust that you just unroll into the pie pan and bake. For a cream pie, you need to prick the bottom and sides of the crust and then bake at 375 until golden brown.
My cream filling recipe is one my mom always used and it is a basic one that can produce many different flavors. I am making a coconut one today for DH. His favorite pie.
Start with 1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup of flour (stir to mix before adding the egg yolks)
3 egg yolks ( save the whites for your meringue)
Mix in 3 cups of milk and cook until a full boil and thickens.
Add 1 tsp vanilla and 1 tsp butter flavoring. Then add 1/2 to 3/4 cup of coconut, depending on taste, and mix well.
Pour into baked pie shell.
Cover the filling with a piece of wax paper to keep it from crusting over while you whip the whites for the meringue.
Put the egg whites that you saved in the mixer and start beating on high.
When they form soft stiff peaks – – – add 1/3 cup sugar.
Continue beating until the sugar is dissolved and the meringue is stiff and shiny.
Spread a layer of meringue around the edge of the pie first, making sure to seal it around the edge of the crust. Then pile the remainder in the center and spread out to create soft peaks.
I put a small handful of coconut on top of the meringue to make it even prettier.
Bake in 375 oven until meringue is done and golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool then place in the refrigerator.
Super easy and such a great crowd-pleaser.
Easiest Pie Ever - Really
Making the perfect Cream Meringue Pie is so easy and you will receive rave reviews from all your family and friends. Ingredients
Basic Recipe:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 3 eggs separated yolks for the filling and the whites for the meringue
- 3 cups milk
- Combine all and cook over medium heat until thick and a full boil
- Add
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp butter flavoring optional
- mix into cooked filling
Meringue:
- Place the 3 egg white in a clean mixing bowl and beat on high until soft peaks then add 1/3 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks. Spread over pie filling making sure to spread to the edge of the crust so the meringue doesn’t pull away as it is baked. Bake at 375 until nice and brown.
Instructions
- Optional flavors
- Add 3 tblsp. of cocoa for chocolate pie(add to the dry ingredients before cooking)
- Add 1/2 cup shredded coconut for coconut pie (add after the filling is cooked)
- Fill bottom of crust with 2 sliced bananas for a banana pie
Notes
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Oh, yummy!! Coconut is my very favorite and yours looks so pretty and good! Hope you’re staying safe and sound.
Be a sweetie,
Shelia 😉
This pie sounds heavenly! Cannot wait to make it! Thank you!
Yum! Happy Easter Marty.
xoxo
Kris
Thank you for sharing this, Marty! My Grandmother excelled at making pies, and I am too terrified to even try. But this-this looks do-able! Can’t wait to try it !!!
This is really a no brainer. You will become the new best pie maker in your family. Marty
Oh, yummy!! Coconut is my very favorite and yours looks so pretty and good! Hope you’re staying safe and sound.
Marty, I think it was serendipity that you published this just as I received my clicklist from Kroger’s. They accidentally put pie crust into my order, so I know what I’ll be making. Thank you!
How fun, this is such an easy pie and I am sure your family will love it. Marty
Yum! This sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
Wishing you and your family a happy Easter. They will love those pies.