Chocolate Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. cornstarch
1 c. sugar
2 (1 oz.) sq. chocolate
1/4 tsp. salt
2 c. milk, scalded
3 slightly beaten egg yolks
2 Tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
1 (9-inch) baked pastry shell
3 stiff beaten egg whites
6 Tbsp. sugar

Preparation

Melt chocolate in milk.
In top of double boiler, mix cornstarch, sugar and salt.
Gradually add milk.
Cook until thick (about 10 minutes), stirring constantly.
Slowly add small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks.
Stir into remaining mixture.
Cook about 5 minutes.
Cool.
Add butter and vanilla.
Pour into cooled pie shell.
Spread with meringue made with the egg whites and sugar.
Brown in oven.
Watch.