howard@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Bonnie Howard) (05/07/91)
I usually put milk in large ""heavy"" pot and let it come to an almost boiling - I mix the flour, sugar, some of the cold milk and then add the egg yolks. When the milk is hot I pour about 2 cups of it into the flour,sugar,egg,milk mixture and then pour it into the pot with the remaining milk. Then stir constantly until thick. Add butter, salt, and vanilla. Let cool. Then add either bananas, or coconut.... or just leave it plain.... Make sure the product is cool when you add the bananas or it will SOUR them.... If you want you can beat the egg whites, adding about 1/4 cup sugar to them and then put on top of the cream filling and put in ``hot'' oven and let bake until meringue is light brown. I usually whip cream for my pies and freeze the egg whites. Enjoy!!!!