Chocolate Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 baked 9-inch pie shell
1 1/3 c. sugar
1/4 c. regular all-purpose flour
1/4 c. cocoa
1 2/3 c. (1 tall can) evaporated milk
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 Tbsp. butter
2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. nuts, chopped
1 recipe Meringue

Preparation

Sift together sugar, flour and cocoa.
Gradually stir in evaporated milk.
Stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens.
Reduce heat; cook and stir 4 minutes.
Add small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks, return all to pan.
Cook and stir 1 to 3 additional minutes until mixture is very thick. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
Cool 5 minutes. Turn into pie shell.
Top with nuts.
Cover with Meringue sealing well around edge.
Bake in preheated 350\u00b0 oven 12 to 15 minutes.