CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE
Pies, Cakes and Desserts
Ingredients
- 1 pie
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 7 tablespoons cocoa
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups milk, scalded
- 3 beaten egg yolks
- (2 whole eggs if making as a pudding)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 9-inch baked pastry shell
Directions
Mix flour, sugar, cocoa and salt.
Gradually add milk.
Cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
Add a small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks; stir into remaining hot mixture and cook 2 minutes.
Cool. Add butter and vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell.
Spread with meringue made with 3 egg whites and 6 tablespoons sugar. Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
VARIATION - For coconut cream pie, omit cocoa (if desired) and add 1 cup moist shredded coconut to filling. Sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut over meringue before browning.
I had two slices of this pie the night before Timmy was born.
Gradually add milk.
Cook in double boiler until thick, stirring constantly.
Add a small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks; stir into remaining hot mixture and cook 2 minutes.
Cool. Add butter and vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell.
Spread with meringue made with 3 egg whites and 6 tablespoons sugar. Bake 12 to 15 minutes.
VARIATION - For coconut cream pie, omit cocoa (if desired) and add 1 cup moist shredded coconut to filling. Sprinkle 1/2 cup coconut over meringue before browning.
I had two slices of this pie the night before Timmy was born.
Source: PDF page 190
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