Chocolate Cream Meringue Pie

Total Time: 54 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 pie shell, pre-baked
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 filling:.
• 2 combine sugar, flour, cocoa, and salt in medium saucepan; stir in milk.
• 3 cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture boils; remove from heat.
• 4 stir half of the mixture into beaten egg yolks; return egg mixture to saucepan.
• 5 continue cooking and stirring over medium heat until mixture boils; boil and stir for 1 minute.
• 6 remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes.
• 8 pour into pre-baked pie shell.
• 9 meringue topping:
• 10 heat oven to 350°f.
• 11 in small mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.
• 12 gradually add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form.
• 13 spread this on warm pie filling, carefully sealing to the edges of crust.
• 14 bake 5 to 8 minutes or just until meringue is lightly browned.
• 15 cool to room temperature; chill for several hours.