Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup chocolate (grated).
• 1 cup sugar.
• 1 cup milk.
• 2 eggs.
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch.
• 1 tablespoon vanilla.
• Butter size of an egg.

Method

1. 1

   Heat milk in a double boiler with grated chocolate.

2. 2

   Beat yolks of eggs, add sugar, salt, and cornstarch, then mix with milk.

3. 3

   When thickened, pour into crust and top with meringue made from beaten egg whites and sugar.

4. 4

   Brown in a slow oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Edwardsville cook book (1906), page 24. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE PIE. (As made by a Virginia “Mammy” for the Children’s Birthdays.) Mrs. J. F. Boyd, Shelbyville, Tenn. 1 cup sugar cup flour. V2. cup grated chocolate. 1 cup boiling water. Butter size of egg. 2 eggs. 2 teaspoons vanilla Line a dep pie pan with rich crust and bake in qnick oven Sift together thoroughly the flour and sugar, turn into a stew pan and add the chocolate and butter. Pour over this the boil- ing water and stir until smooth, add well beaten yolks of the 2 eggs and after it has cooked smooth and glossy, add the va- nilla, remove from fire and pour into crust. Have ready a meringue made of the 2 whites beaten very stiff with 2 rounded tablespoons sugar added. Spread over pie and bake in an oven so moderate that it will take 20 or 30 minutes to brown nicely. Serve when quite cold. CHOCOLATE PIE. Mrs. B. R. Burroughs. y^. cup chocolate (grated). 1 cup sugar. 1 cup milk. 2 eggs. 2 tablespoons cornstarch. 1 tablespoon vanilla. Butter size of an egg.

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