Vanilla Cream Pie Filling

 ¾ cup sugar

¼ cup corn starch

¼ teaspoon salt

3 cups milk, I use 1 large can of evaporated milk as part of the 3 cups and sometimes part half & half or cream

3 egg yolks

2 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoon vanilla

 

1 uncooked pie crust

 

Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt into a medium saucepan.  Add the milk and cook over medium heat until the mixture comes to a rolling boil.  Boil for 1 minute and remove from the heat.  In a small bowl lightly beat the 3 egg yolks and then add a large spoonful of the hot milk mixture to the eggs whisking.  Whisk the egg mixture back into the saucepan and return the pan to medium heat.  Cook until the filling comes back to a rolling boil.  Remove the pan from the heat and stir in butter and vanilla.  Pour into prepared crust and cover with plastic wrap.