Chocolate Cream Pie
- 9-inch baked pastry shell
- 2 1/2 oz. Hershey's unsweetened baking chocolate, broken into pieces
- 2 c. milk
- 1 1/3 c. sugar
- 3 Tbsp. flour
- 3 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 c. milk
- 2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 egg whites (room temperature)
- 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
- 6 Tbsp. sugar
- Melt baking chocolate pieces with 2 cups milk in medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly.
- Cook and stir just until mixture boils; remove from heat.
- Combine 1 1/3 cups sugar, the flour, cornstarch and salt in a small bowl.
- Blend egg yolks with 1 cup of milk
- and add to dry ingredients.
- Blend into chocolate mixture in saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; boil and stir 1 minute.
- Remove from heat; blend in butter and vanilla.
- Pour into a cooled shell. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in small mixing bowl until foamy.
- Gradually add 6 tablespoons sugar; beat until stiff peaks form.
- Spread meringue onto hot pie filling, carefully sealing meringue to edge of crust.
- Bake in preheated 350u0b0 oven about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool to room temperature.
pastry shell, baking chocolate, milk, sugar, flour, cornstarch, salt, egg yolks, milk, butter, vanilla, egg whites, cream of tartar, sugar
Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=451681 (may not work)