Old Fashioned Chocolate Cream Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Filling
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
3 egg yolks (beaten)
1/4 cup butter (or 2 Tbs works)
1 cooked pastry shells
Meringue
3 egg whites (reserved above)
6 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Whisk dry ingredients with milk in a large glass heat-proof bowl and cook on high in the microwave.
Whisk every 3 or 4 minutes.
Separate eggs and beat egg yolks in a medium bowl while the liquid cooks.
When the liquid begins to thicken, wisk ladle-fulls of the hot liquid into the beaten egg yolks.
Strain the egg mixture back into the microwave bowl, whisking again to keep it smooth.
Continue to microwave until the filling begins to look sort of \"cakey\" around the edges.
Whisk to return it to the creamy texture.
After cooking it this way once, you will become accustomed to consistency and appearance at certain stages.
When the pie filling is quite thick, remove it from the microwave and add butter and vanilla.
Pour into the baked pie crust and cover with meringue.
Prepare meringue while the filling cools: Beat egg whites until \"peak\" stage.
Add sugar gradually, beating constantly.
Add vanilla.
Spread meringue on pie and bake in a 400\u00b0 oven 8 to 10 minutes until the meringue has toasty peaks.