Ingredients
- 1 c sugar
- 4 tbsp cocoa (I use special dark)
- 2 c milk
- 2 egg yolks
- 5 tbsp flour
- 1/2 stick salted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 baked 9in pie crust
- Meringue
- 3 egg whites
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 6 tbsp sugar
Preparation
Step 1
Mix the sugar, cocoa, and flour well in a thick pot. Add milk. Cook on medium until it begins to thicken. Stir like crazy for at least 5min to keep it from sticking and burning. Add beaten *egg yolk and butter; cook for 1min more. Add vanilla then pour into your cooked pie crust and cool before you add meringue.
*note: add a little of the chocolate mixture to the egg yolk that it won't cook the eggs immediately when you add it to the pot.
Meringue:
Beat the egg whites, cream of tartar, and vanilla until soft peaks form. Slowly add 1tbsp of sugar at a time. Beat until hard peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Spread on top of your pie all the way to the edge of your crust to keep the meringue from shrinking. Bake 350 degrees for 10-12min or until desired browning had occurred.
Cool before you refrigerate or your meringue will weep and shrink.