BANANA CREAM PIE

1 1/2 cups milk

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons flour

1 egg yolk

1 tablespoon butter

1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract or 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract

1 9-inch pie shell (baked pastry, corn flake or graham cracker)

4 bananas

Whipped cream or meringue

Scald one cup of the milk over hot water. Mix together the sugar, salt and flour. Add 1/2 cup of cold milk slowly, stirring until mixture is smooth. Stir into hot milk.

Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Cover and let cook for about three minutes. Stir a little of the hot milk mixture into the egg yolk, and add this to the hot mixture.

Cook one minute longer. Add butter and flavoring. Allow mixture to cool. Fill pie shell with alternate layers of sliced bananas and cooled filling. Top with whipped cream or meringue.

Makes one 9-inch pie.