Chocolate Fudge Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pie shell, baked
1 1/3 c. white sugar
1/4 c. flour
1/4 c. cocoa
1 2/3 c. milk
3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
1/2 c. pecans (optional)
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar
1/3 c. sugar

Preparation

Mix 1 1/3 cups sugar, flour and cocoa in a 2-quart saucepan. Gradually stir in milk.
Cook and stir over medium heat until thick.
Cook and stir over low heat 5 minutes.
Stir a small amount of hot mixture into the egg yolks.
Return egg-chocolate mixture into saucepan.
Cook and stir until very thick.
Take from heat.
Stir in pecans, butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cool 5 minutes.
Spread in baked shell.
Heat oven to 350\u00b0.