Strawberry Cream Pie Recipe

• 9" pastry shell
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 3 small egg yolks
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbs. firm butter
• 1 1/2 cups strawberries (preferably fresh from an organic Vermont farm)

Bake and cool shell, if required.

In heavy saucepan, blend flour and sugar. Slowly stir in milk. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens.

Stir 1/2 cup of hot mixture into well-beaten egg yolks. Pour back into saucepan, cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat.

Stir in vanilla and butter. Pour half of mixture into pie shell. Layer mixture with strawberries. Pour remaining mixture on top. Cool and serve.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.