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. Servings: 6 servings
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
This is also wonderful to just use as a pudding. Such a great basic recipe that you can make your own with all kinds of fruits and flavors. How about using it as a basic vanilla pudding and filling parfait glasses with various fruits and pudding, or maybe layer a bowl with bananas, vanilla wafers and pudding for a great Banana Pudding dish. Just use your imagination, you will find tons of ways to use this great recipe.