Cocoa Cream Pie - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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8 inches pastry shells, baked
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa, Hershey's
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups milk
2 egg yolks, beaten
1 tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
sweetened whipped cream
strawberry, halved (optional)
Preparation
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Prepare pastry shell; cool.
In medium saucepan, stir together sugar, cocoa, cornstarch, and salt.
Gradually stir in milk.
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
Boil 1 minutes; remove from heat.
Gradually stir about half of the hot filling into yolks.
Return all to saucepan; bring to gentle boil.
Cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla.
Pour into pastry shell.
Press plastic wrap directly onto surface.
Cool.
Refrigerate until set.
Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries, if desired.
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