Granny's Chocolate Cream Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 3 egg yolks, beaten
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• 2 cups milk
• 4 tablespoons cocoa, heaping
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pie shell, baked
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, flour and cocoa in saucepan.
• 2 stir in milk and cook over medium heat until thick.
• 3 remove from heat and temper in egg yolks.
• 4 return to heat and simmer 2 more minutes.
• 5 remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
• 6 pour into baked pie shell.
• 7 top with meringue.
• 8 bake 400 degree oven for 10 minutes until lightly brown.
• 9 chill.
• 10 merinque:.
• 11 beat egg whites and cream tartar until frothy.
• 12 beat in sugar and vanilla until stiff peaks form.
• 13 spoon on top of custard.