Banana Cream Pie Recipe

• 1-½ cups milk
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 large or 2 medium bananas
• 1 egg, separated
• A sprinkle of salt
• pastry crust pie shell, baked
• Splash of cold milk or water
• Vanilla or lemon extract

1. Slice the banana into the baked crust shell.
2. Heat the milk in a double boiler to boiling point.
3. Stir the flour and a little cold milk or water to a smooth paste, and pour slowly into a hot milk, stirring as it is being added, and let cook for 15 minutes.
4. Add 1 tablespoon of the hot cream, a sprinkle of salt and the sugar to the egg yolk and mix well.
5. Pour the rest of the hot cream in a slow stream into the yolk mixture, stirring briskly as it is being added.
6. Stir over the fire for a few minutes until the mixture thickens a little from the yolk, but do not boil.
7. Pour over the sliced banana in the crust shell and set aside.
8. Add 1 tablespoon cold water to the egg white and beat rapidly until very foamy.
9. Gradually add 1 tablespoon sugar and a few drops of vanilla or lemon extract and beat until firm enough to spread nicely over the top.
10. Brown lightly in the oven, and let cool.

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