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Granny Toot's Chocolate Pie




Source of Recipe


From my husbands Great Aunt Tudell “Granny Toots” Caldwell.


List of Ingredients




Pie Filling
1 cup Sugar
2 TBS. Cocoa
2 TBS. Corn Starch
pinch salt
2 cup evaporated milk
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 t. butter

Meringue

3 egg whites
¼ tsp. cream of tartar
6 TBS. sugar
½ tsp. vanilla

Recipe



Separate eggs & set whites aside for meringue.
Let them warm to room temp.
Prepare pastry crust.
In a saucepan mix sugar, cocoa, corn starch & salt.
Gradually blend in milk.
Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens & boils.
Boil & stir 1 minute.
Remove from heat.

Gradually (by spoonfuls) stir at least half of the hot mixture into the egg yolks.
Blend egg yolk mixture into the hot mixture in the saucepan.
Boil & stir 1 minute longer.
Remove from heat.
Stir in margarine & vanilla.
Pour into pie shell.


Immediately prepare meringue.

Preheat oven to 400º

Beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.

Beat in sugar. 1 TBS. at a time; continue beating until stiff and glossy. Do not underbeat.

Spoon meringue onto hot pie filling; spread over filling, carefully sealing meringue to edge of crust to prevent shrinking or weeping.

Bake until delicate brown, about 10 minutes.

Cool away from draft.