Old Fashioned Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

1-1/4 cups Sugar
1/2 cup Plain Flour
1/4 cup Cocoa
Dash of Salt
4 Eggs
2 cups Milk
1/4 cup Butter
1 tsp Vanilla
1-9" Frozen pastry shells


Preparation

Bake pie crust until golden

Combine first 4 ingredients in a sauce pan; set aside.

Combine milk and egg yolks.

Stir milk and egg yolks into mixture; add butter.

Cook over medium heat, and stir constantly until mix thickens and boils.

Remove from heat; stir in vanilla; spoon into pastry shell.

Using the egg whites from eggs used for pie make a meringue on top

As a general rule, add a total of 1/4 cup of granulated or superfine sugar for each egg white. Beat until peaks form. Toast under broiler if desired.

Original recipe makes 8 Servings

http://www.bigoven.com/recipe/old-fashioned-chocolate-pie/1256015