Chocolate Pie (Mrs. Mabel Hanna Porter)

Ingredients

• one-half teacup of chocolate
• one cup of hot water
• butter the size of a walnut
• one teaspoon vanilla
• one-half cup sugar
• two tablespoons cornstarch

Method

1. 1

   Grate one-half teacup of chocolate, place in a saucepan with one cup of hot water, butter the size of a walnut, one teaspoon vanilla and one-half cup sugar.

2. 2

   Beat the yolks of two eggs with one-half cup sugar, add two tablespoons cornstarch (dissolved in a little water).

3. 3

   Mix and add to the chocolate.

4. 4

   Cook until thick, stirring constantly.

5. 5

   Pour into a pie shell and let cool.

6. 6

   When ready to serve put whipped cream over the top of the pie.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Monmouth Baptist ladies' cook book (1907) by Marian B. Sexton, page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE PIE. Mrs. Mabel Hanna Porter. Grate one-half teacup of chocolate, place in a sauce pan with one cup of hot water, butter the size of a wal- nut, one teaspoon vanilla and one-half cup sugar. Beat the yolks of two eggs with one-half cup sugar, add two tablespoons cornstarch

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