Chocolate Cream Pie

11 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 6 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 2 1/2 c. cold milk
  • 4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • 4 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
  • 4 egg whites, stiffly beaten
  • 8 Tbsp. sugar

Directions

  1. 1
    Add cocoa to sugar and mix well.
  2. 2
    Stir in 2 cups milk to make a smooth mixture and heat in top of a double boiler.
  3. 3
    Beat egg yolks; add flour, blended with remaining 1/2 cup milk.
  4. 4
    Add salt and stir into milk mixture.
  5. 5
    Cook until thick, stirring constantly.
  6. 6
    Add butter or margarine and vanilla.
  7. 7
    Cool and pour into baked pastry shell.
  8. 8
    Top with meringue made of the egg whites and 8 tablespoons sugar.
  9. 9
    Bake at 350° until meringue is lightly browned.
  10. 10
    Yield: One 9-inch pie.

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