Mrs. Faye's Chocolate Pie

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 refrigerated pie crust (baked and cooled)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups milk
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 egg yolks (save whites for meringue)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 2 egg whites (yolks for pie filling)
• 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 6 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine sugar, flour, salt and cocoa with milk.
• 2 cook over medium low heat until thickened.
• 3 beat egg yolks and add extremely slow to cocoa mixture, stirring quickly while adding so the yolks don't cook separately.
• 4 continue to cook over low medium low heat to thicken a bit more. (about 15 to 20 minutes).
• 5 remove from heat and add vanilla.
• 6 drop in butter, but do so in dots or make sure butter is softened.
• 7 stir well.
• 8 pour into baked and cooled pie crust.
• 9 whip egg whites with cream of tartar. add sugar a little at a time and whip until stiff peaks form.
• 10 spread on pie, making sure to seal the edges of the meringue to the pie crust.
• 11 bake at 350 for about 15 minutes, until meringue is lightly browned.