Mom's Old fashioned chocolate pie Submitted by: Rick | Date Added: 11 Sep 2023

Ingredients

1-1/4 cup of sugar<br />
1/2 cup of plain flour<br />
1/4 cup of cocoa<br />
dash of salt<br />
4 egg yolks<br />
2 cups of milk<br />
1/4 cup of butter<br />
1 tsp of vanilla<br />
1-9&quot; pastry shell baked

Cooking Instructions

Bake pie crust until golden<br />
Combine first 4 ingredients in a sauce pan; set aside.<br />
Combine milk and egg yolks.<br />
Stir milk and egg yolks into mixture; add butter.<br />
Cook over medium heat, and stir constantly until mix thickens and boils.<br />
Remove from heat; stir in vanilla; spoon into pastry shell.<br />
For meringue<br />
2 egg whites<br />
4 tablespoons sugar<br />
1/2 teaspoon vanilla<br />
<br />
Beat egg whites until frothy; gradually add sugar, continuing to beat until stiff peaks form. Add vanilla Spoon onto pie, spreading to crust edge to seal filling in. Bake at 325° for 15 to 18 minutes, until nicely browned.