Mom's Riiiiich Chocolate Creme Pie

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 9 tablespoons hershey's cocoa powder
• 3 cups milk
• 4 egg yolks
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 4 egg whites
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 dash cream of tartar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 (9 inch) baked pie shells

Recipe

• 1 in med saucepan, mix 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour, salt and cocoa.
• 2 gradually add milk.
• 3 cook and stir over med heat till thick and bubbly.
• 4 reduce heat.
• 5 cook and stir 2 minutes more.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 beat egg yolks lightly.
• 8 gradually stir 1 cup of hot mixture into yolks, then stir egg mixture into saucepan.
• 9 bring to a gentel boil, cook at stir 2 minutes more.
• 10 remove from heat.
• 11 stir in butter and vanilla.
• 12 cover and cool with plastic wrap touch the surface - to keep a skin from forming.
• 13 meanwhile, beat egg whites with vanilla and cream of tartar until soft peaks form. continue to beat, gradually adding 1/2 c sugar until stiff peaks form.
• 14 pour chocolate filling into pre-baked pie shell. cover with meringue, sealing edges.
• 15 bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.