My Mothers Chocolate Pie Food

CHOCOLATE PIE RECIPE

Steps:

• Bake the pie crust until lightly golden brown.
• In a medium-sized bowl add the sugar, flour, and unsweetened cocoa and whisk together.
• Pour in the milk, vanilla extract, and egg yolks (save the whites in another bowl). Beat with a hand mixer until well combined.
• Add the butter to a skillet on medium heat.
• Next, pour the chocolate pie filling into the pan and cook until thick.
• Pour the pie filling back into a clean (and heat-safe) bowl and beat again to get rid of any lumps.
• Pour the filling into the cooked pie shell.
• Grab the bowl with the whites and add one more egg white.
• Add the cream of tartar to the bowl and beat until stiff peaks form.
• Pour the sugar into the bowl and beat again until the meringue is shiny.
• Spread the meringue over the pie. Bake at 350-degrees for about 10-15 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
• Allow the pie to set up for at least one hour before serving.

MOM'S MOST REQUESTED CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except butter in a saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until thick like pudding, stirring constantly to prevent scorching and lumping.
• When mixture becomes thick, remove from heat and add butter; stir to combine.
• If lumping does occur, beat filling with a whip.
• Pour into pie shell.
• Make meringue according to your favorite recipe and top pie, sealing the edges with the meringue.
• Bake to brown meringue.
• Best if allowed to cool to lukewarm or room temperature.

MOTHER'S HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• 1. In large kettle mix cocoa, sugar, salt and flour and whisk together.
• 2. In separate bowl whisk together egg yolks and milk. Add egg/milk mixture to your kettle and put on stove over medium heat.
• 3. Bring mixture to a boil whisking "constantly" and continue to cook, while whisking, until thickens and bubbly all over. Take off the burner and stir in butter and vanilla.
• 4. Once the butter has melted your chocolate pudding is ready to put into your crust. You can then top with meringue or cool and cover with whipped cream.

MY GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE PIES

Steps:

• Stir together sugar, cornstarch, salt and cocoa in a heavy 3 quart boiler.
• Beat egg yolks with milk and stir into dry ingredients.
• Add butter that has been cut into small cubes and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and just begins to "bubble".
• You must stir constantly or this filling will scorch.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and pour into baked pie shells and let cool some.
• Make a meringue from the 6 egg whites, cream of tarter and sugar.
• Spread on top of pies and brown in the oven at 325°F.
• Remove pies from oven when meringue is nicely brown.
• Let cool at least 30 minutes before you attempt to cut these pies.
• Let the kids or dear hubby have the pot and stirring spoon to lick clean.

MY MOTHER'S CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• Cook sugar, salt, milk, cocoa, flour, and egg yolks in double boiler until thick.
• Add vanilla and butter. Pour into baked pie crust.
• Most of the time, Mother made a meringue from the egg whites and browned the pie in the oven. Later in life, she used either real whipped cream or Cool Whip instead, and I liked that just as much. Easier!

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE MERINGUE PIE

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Refrigerate 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°., Line unpricked crust with a double thickness of foil. Fill with pie weights, dried beans or uncooked rice. Bake on a lower oven rack until edges are light golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Remove foil and weights; bake until bottom is golden brown, 3-6 minutes longer. Cool on a wire rack. Reduce oven setting to 350°., In a saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt; gradually add milk. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir about 1 cup of the hot filling into the egg yolks. Return to saucepan and bring to a gentle boil. Cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in vanilla. Pour hot filling into pie crust. , For meringue, immediately beat egg whites with cream of tartar until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar and continue to beat until stiff and glossy. Spread evenly over hot filling, sealing meringue to pie crust. Bake until meringue is golden brown, 12-15 minutes. Cool 1 hour on a wire rack. Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.

CHOCOLATE PIE I

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a cast iron skillet over medium low heat, melt the butter.
• Combine one cup of the sugar with cocoa and flour. Beat the egg yolks with the milk and add them to the sugar mixture.
• Add the sugar and egg mixture to the skillet with the melted butter or margarine and cook gently, stirring constantly until thick. (Watch this mixture closely as it has a tendency to burn)! Add the vanilla. Pour the mixture into the baked crust.
• Beat the egg whites until soft peaks form; add the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and beat until meringue is glossy and stiff peaks form. Spread beaten egg whites over the hot filling be sure the whites touch the edges of the crust. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes (or until the meringue is golden brown).

MY GRANDMOTHER'S CHOCOLATE PIE

Steps:

• 1. FOR CHOCOLATE PIE FILLING: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Mix all dry ingredients (cocoa, flour, and sugar) together in a boiler. Stir to blend well.
• 3. Add slightly beaten egg yolks into the dry ingredients. Slowly add the milk a bit at a time until well blended, Over LOW heat, cook stirring CONSTANTLY until thickened (about 5 minutes.) Remove from heat.
• 4. Add vanilla and butter and stir to blend well. Pour into a baked 9 inch pie crust.
• 5. TO PREPARE THE MERINGUE: Put the 3 egg whites in a small deep bowl. (I use a chilled aluminum bowl.) Beat on high until medium soft peaks begin to form.
• 6. Slowly add the sugar and beat until the egg whites are glossy and holds firm, stiff peaks.
• 7. Spoon over the chocolate mixture in the pie crust, pulling the meringue into peaks. Bake in a preheated oven until lightly browned.
• 8. Allow to cool, then refrigerate until ready to serve.