Custard (for cream puff)

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup milk
4 egg yolk
2/3 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup cornflour
1 tbspoon butter
1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Heat the milk on the stove, and in a bowl mix the egg yolks with sugar and salt.
2. Pour in the mixture into the heated milk.
3. Mix 1/2 cup of milk (a separate one) with cornflour. Pour into the above pan.
4. Boil on low heat (never leaving it) til it's thick.
5. When it's thick enough, remove from stove and mix in the butter and vanilla essence. Mix well.