Vanilla Pudding

Treat your loved ones to this smooth and delicious pudding - perfect for dessert! MORE + LESS -

1/3

cup sugar

tablespoons cornstarch

1/8

teaspoon salt

cups milk

large egg yolks, slightly beaten

tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

teaspoons vanilla

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1

In 2-quart saucepan, mix sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and stir 1 minute.
2

Gradually stir at least half of the hot mixture into egg yolks, then stir back into hot mixture in saucepan. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla.
3

Pour pudding into dessert dishes. Cover and refrigerate about 1 hour or until chilled. Store covered in refrigerator.

Substitute 2/3 cup packed brown sugar for the granulated sugar; decrease vanilla to 1 teaspoon.
Increase sugar to 1/2 cup; stir 1/3 cup baking cocoa into sugar mixture. Omit butter.