A Family Favorite

Sunday afternoon, Bri, Jessica and I spent some time in the kitchen while the guys were outside working on the siding. Bri took care of the spaghetti, Jessica put together the salad and I made the pies. I made Bri's favorite: Chocolate Pie.

Now, in my family you can't serve just any old chocolate pie. You see, my Grandma J. made the most amazing chocolate pies (and banana puddings and homemade biscuits with chocolate syrup). Rich and decadent, made from scratch and never from a recipe...she mixed up the ingredients according to feel.

After moving 400 miles away from my family, I stumbled upon a 'truck stop' chocolate pie recipe. It comes from an Arkansas community cookbook that I had received as a gift. It may not be Grandma's chocolate pie...but it is awfully close.

Now if only I could find something close to Grandma F.'s chocolate peanut butter frosting. MMMMM!

Chocolate Pie

1 cup sugar

3 Tablespoons flour

2 Tablespoons cocoa

Dash of salt

3 egg yolks

1-1/2 cup milk

1/2 stick butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

pie crust, homemade or frozen: prebaked

In saucepan, mix sugar and flour together. Add cocoa and salt. Mix well.

Add small amount of milk to dissolve lumps. Add egg yolks, rest of milk and margarine.

Cook over medium heat stirring often to prevent lumping. Add vanilla.

Pour into prebaked pie crust. Top with meringue. Bake until meringue is browned.

Meringue

3 egg whites beaten until stiff peak forms. Add 6 Tablespoons of sugar. Beat until sugar is no absorbed into egg whites.

Happy eating, ya'll!