Serve warm or chilled. Add whipped topping, if desired.
Note: For this recipe, use only clean eggs with no cracks in shells.
Calories per serving: About 190 without topping.
EASY METHOD
Combine egg yolks with milk before stirring into cornstarch mixture. Pudding will not be quite as creamy.
VARIATION
Coconut cream pie.—Fill a baked 8-inch pastry shell with pudding. Add whipped topping and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Cut into six servings. About 308 calories per serving without topping.
Toasted coconut pie shell
8-inch pie shell, 6 servings
| Coconut (less moist type) | 1½ cups |
| Butter or margarine | 3 tablespoons |