Chocolate Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
3 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cocoa (or 3 sq. unsweetened chocolate)
3 c. milk
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1 Tbsp. butter
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Mix sugar, cornstarch, salt and cocoa together; gradually stir in milk.
Cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and boils; boil 1 minute.
Remove from
heat.
Gradually stir 1/2 of hot mixture into beaten egg yolks.
Return all to saucepan.
Boil one minute more, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat, add butter and vanilla.
Pour immediately into nine-inch baked pie shell. Spread meringue over hot filling, sealing to edges of crust.
Bake at 400\u00b0 about 8 to 10 minutes.
Use meringue recipe with lemon pie.