Variations
Coconut cream pie.—Stir ½ to 1 cup shredded coconut, as desired, into the hot filling with fat and vanilla.
Banana cream pie.—Slice 2 bananas into pie shell before adding filling.
Chocolate cream pie.—Increase sugar to ¾ cup. Cut 1½ ounces bitter chocolate into cream filling after adding milk.
Graham cracker crust
8- or 9-inch pie
⅓ cup butter or margarine
2 tablespoons sugar
1¼ cups graham cracker crumbs
Stir fat and sugar together in a saucepan over low heat until fat is melted. Blend in cracker crumbs. Press evenly into piepan. Chill.
Pecan pie
9-inch pie, 8 servings