Chocolate Meringue Pie (mama's Favorite)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 2 squares melted chocolate
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, cornstarch and salt with milk. add melted chocolate. cook over hot water or very low heat until slightly thickened (about 20 minutes).
• 2 beat egg yolks. add a little hot milk mixture and return to the first mixture, stirring constantly.
• 3 when thick, remove from heat (about five minutes).
• 4 add vanilla and pour into baked shell.
• 5 when filling is cool, top with meringue made by beating egg whites, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoons cream of tartar until still enough to hold in peaks.
• 6 place on the pie and brown in a slow oven (325 degrees) about 15 minutes.