Vanilla Pudding

1/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1/8 teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

2 egg yolks, slightly beaten

1 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons vanilla

1. Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in 2-quart saucepan.
2. Gradually stir in milk
3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils.  Boil and stir one minute; remove from heat.
4. Gradually stir at least half of the hot mixture into egg yolks.
5. Pour mixture back into saucepan.  Boil and stir one minute, remove from heat.
6. Stir in margarine and vanilla
7. Pour into dessert dishes.  Cover and refrigerate.

Variations:

Chocolate:  Increased sugar to ½ cup and stir ¼ cup cocoa into sugar mixture. Omit butter. Increase cornstarch to 3 Tbsp.

Butterscotch: Substitute 2/3 cup packed brown sugar for the white sugar and decrease vanilla to 1 teaspoon.