Flour-Thickened Vanilla Pastry Cream

Ingredients

• 2½ cups milk
• 2 tablespoons flour
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Method

1. 1 Scald the milk.
2. 2 Turn the hot milk onto the beaten egg.
3. 3 Return the mixture to the heat.
4. 4 Add flour moistened with a little milk, along with the sugar.
5. 5 Stir constantly until the mixture thickens.
6. 6 Let it cool before adding vanilla and using as cake filling.