Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 tbsp corn starch
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp cocoa
• 1/2 stick margarine or butter
• 3 whole egg yolks, saving whites for meringue
• 2 cup milk
• 3 whole egg whites
• 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
• 3 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Steps

1. Add sugar, cornstarch, salt and cocoa; mix well.

2. Melt butter and add to mixture.

3. Beat egg yolks and add to mixture, then add milk.

4. Cook until thick on top of stove over medium heat, being careful not to let it burn or stick.

5. Pour into baked pie shell.

6. For the meringue: beat egg whites and cream of tartar until frothy.

7. Add sugar 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff.

8. Add vanilla.

9. Spread meringue on pie and brown in oven at 400 degrees.