Chocolate pie #1

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
1cupSugar
cupFlour
1pinchSalt
2tablespoons(heaping) cocoa
3Egg yolks
½Stick butter
2cupsMilk
1teaspoonVanilla
3Egg whites
¼teaspoonBaking powder
6tablespoonsSugar
½teaspoonVanilla

Directions

MERINGUE

Combine sugar, cocoa, flour & salt. Stir in milk. Cook & stir a few minutes. Before it thickens, stir 3-4 tablespoons into beaten egg yolks; return egg yolk mixture to cocoa mixture. Cook until it thickens. Remove from heat & add vanilla & butter. Cool. Pour into baked pie shell. Top with meringue & bake at 325 for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Meringue: Beat egg whites until foamy. Add baking powder. Beat until stiff, adding sugar gradually by the spoonful. Add vanilla.

MRS. G.W. MASSEY

From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .