Banana Cream Pie

• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ¼ cup cornstarch or ¼ cup flour
• 2 cups milk, scalded
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tbsp. butter or margarine
• ½ tsp. vanilla
• 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
• 3 ripe bananas

Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch or flour. Gradually add to milk. Stir over low heat until thick. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into eggs. Then pour back into remaining hot mixture while beating. Continue cooking until 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat. Add butter or margarine and vanilla. Cool thoroughly. Hot fillings change the flavor of banana. Line pie shell with bananas. Line pie shell with layer of cooled filling. Slice bananas over filling. Cover immediately with remaining filling. Top with whipped cream and banana sliced, if desired.