American Cream Pie
American Cream Pie
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Category
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
8 - 10 servings
Prep Time
30 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
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8 tablespoons all-purpose flour
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6 tablespoons granulated sugar
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1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
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2 cups whole milk
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2 egg yolks
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1 tablespoon unsalted butter
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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1 vanilla bean, seed and pulp only
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1 large banana, sliced
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1 baked pie shell
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2 ounces dried blueberries
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Dessert Sauces (use Raspberry Dessert Sauce) to taste
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4 ounces strawberries, sliced thin
Directions
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, with a whisk, 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 and 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 the heat and stir in the vanilla and butter. Fold the bananas into the filling. Pour into baked pie shell and cool.
Decorate top with blueberries, dessert sauce and strawberries.
Recipe Note
Be creative and design the top of your pie the way you like it.