Chocolate Pie Filling

This chocolate filling is thickened with cornstarch, flour, and eggs. It also contains cocoa powder, vanilla and butter for flavor.

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 Tbsp. cornstarch
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 4 Tbsp. cocoa powder
• 3 cups milk
• 3 beaten eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
• 1 Tbsp. butter

Directions:

Mix together in saucepan the sugar, cornstarch, flour, salt and cocoa powder; stir in milk. Cook and stir until mixture thickens and bubbles. Cook 1 minute more. Pour some of the hot mixture into a bowl with the 3 beaten eggs. Then pour back into pan and cook gently for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla and 1 Tblsp. butter. Pour into baked pie crust; top with meringue and brown in oven.

Number of Servings: 8