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Mema Hawks' Old Fashion Chocolate Pie Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 cup sugar
6 tbsp flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Mix well in a sauce pan and set aside.

In a bowl separate and add 2 egg yolks and save egg whites in another bowl for later. Mix and beat eggs with 2 1/2 cups milk. Add to sauce pan. Also add 4 tbsp butter. Stir it up till well mixed.
Turn heat on medium and mix with a wire whisk till starts to boil and thicken. When it gets to pudding consistent remove from heat and cool for a bit. Add 1 tsp vanilla and mix into pudding. Add to pie crust.
Directions:
Directions:
Meringue.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Take egg whites from pudding recipe and add one more egg white to it (3 total) in large bowl. Add 1 tbsp corn starch and 1/4 tsp cream of tarter. Mix at high speed until soft peaks form. Add 6 tbsp of sugar, one at a time and mixing well after each addition. Spoon onto pie letting meringue touch crust to prevent shrinking. Cook in oven till meringue turns golden brown.

 

 

 

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