Chocolate Pie
Ingredients
- 2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 1/2 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp butter
- Salt
- Vanilla
- 2 tbsp cold water
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 3 egg whites, beaten
- 6 tbsp sugar
- Pinch of salt
- Baked pie shell
Instructions
- 1
Bring milk to a boil. Mix together ¾ c. sugar, cocoa, flour, 2½ T. cornstarch and egg yolks and add to milk. Cook over moderate heat until mixture thickens. Boil 1 minute. Add butter, salt and vanilla to mixture. Cool. Pour into cooled, baked pie shell.
- 2
For meringue, mix cold water and 1 T. cornstarch and add to hot water. Boil until thick. Cool. Beat until stiff the egg whites, sugar added gradually and a pinch of salt. Add cornstarch mixture and beat until stiff, but not dry. Put on top of pie and bake about 12 minutes at 375 degrees until meringue is browned.
- 2