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Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie
Servings: 12
Ingredients
  • 1 inch baked homemade pie crust 9
  • FILLING:
  • 1 cup ¼ Sugar
  • 3 Tbsp Cocoa
  • 4 Tbsp Cornstarch
  • tsp ¼ Salt
  • 2 cup ½ Milk
  • 3 Egg yolks; beaten
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • MERINGUE:
  • 3 Egg whites
  • 3-5 Tbsp Sugar
  • 1 pn Cream of tartar or a a few drops of lemon juice or white vinegar
Instructions
  1. Mix together 1 ¼ c sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt in a double boiler.
  2. Add milk and egg yolks and cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly.
  3. Stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell. Chill.
  4. Meringue: Add 3 tb sugar and pinch of cream of tartar to egg whites. Beat until stiff peaks. Spread over cooled chocolate filling and bake at 350 F (175 C) until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.