Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1 Tbsp. flour
4 Tbsp. cocoa
3 c. milk
4 egg yolks, beaten
1 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 pie shells, baked

Preparation

Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch, flour and cocoa; gradually add milk and stir well.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens; boil 1 minute.
Remove from heat.
Stir a little of the mixture into egg yolks; blend yolks into hot mixture.
Boil 1 minute; remove from heat.
Stir in butter and vanilla.
Pour into pie shells.
Add meringue; bake until done.
Yield: 2 (8-inch) pies.