Mom'S Most Requested Chocolate Pie - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 dash salt
1 1/2 cups milk
2 egg yolks (reserve whites for meringue)
1 tablespoon butter
1 (9 inch) pie crusts, baked

Preparation

Combine all ingredients except butter in a saucepan.
Cook over medium heat until thick like pudding, stirring constantly to prevent scorching and lumping.
When mixture becomes thick, remove from heat and add butter; stir to combine.
If lumping does occur, beat filling with a whip.
Pour into pie shell.
Make meringue according to your favorite recipe and top pie, sealing the edges with the meringue.
Bake to brown meringue.
Best if allowed to cool to lukewarm or room temperature.