Old-fashioned chocolate pie

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 (9 inch) pie shell
cup Sugar
4 tablespoons Cornstarch
3 tablespoons Cocoa
¼ teaspoon Salt
cup Milk
3 Egg yolks; beaten
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 tablespoon Butter
3 Egg whites
3 tablespoons Sugar
1 pinch Cream of tartar

Directions

FILLING

MERINGUE

Mix together first 4 ingredients in a double boiler. Add milk and egg yolks and cook over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly. Stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into baked pie shell. Chill. Beat egg whites until stiff, gradually adding sugar and pinch of cream of tartar. Spread over cooled chocolate filling and bake at 350ø until lightly browned. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.

MONETTE MCSPADDEN (MRS. RAY)

From <Traditions:ATasteoftheGoodLife>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .

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