Easy-to-make banana and/or coconut cream pie in an unbaked Graham cracker crust.

Cream pie filling

• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 t salt
• 3 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 2 T butter
• 1 t vanilla
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut and/or 1 or more sliced bananas

In double boiler top, mix sugar, flour and salt. Stir in milk and cook 15 minutes over hot water until thickened. Add egg yolks. Cook 3 minutes. Add butter. Cool. Add vanilla and 1/2 cup coconut for coconut cream pie, or line pie plate with sliced bananas before pouring in filling for banana cream pie. Fill graham wafer pie crust.

Can make a meringue by beating the 3 egg whites stiff with about 6 T of sugar and a pinch of salt. Mound on top and place until broiler for a few minutes until the peaks begin to turn golden.

Graham wafer pie crust

• 1 cup graham wafer crumbs
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 2 tbsp sugar (optional)

Combine all ingredients and press into a pie plate. Chill 5 minutes before filling.