Best Ever Chocolate Pie – With Seven Minute Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup crisco shortening
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 8 -9 tablespoons cold water
• 1 1/3 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons hershey's cocoa
• 2 cups whole milk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 tablespoons salted butter
• 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 unbeaten egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 teaspoons light corn syrup
• 1 dash salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 for pie crusts (2 crusts).
• 2 mix flour & salt in mixing bowl.
• 3 using pastry blender, cut in crisco until pea size.
• 4 add cold water and mix with fork.
• 5 form ball with hands. don’t over mix.
• 6 roll out on floured pastry sheet.
• 7 bake at 375-400 until golden brown.
• 8 for pie filling (for 1 pie):.
• 9 in large mixing bowl combine sugar, flour and cocoa.
• 10 add milk using wire whip and mix well.
• 11 cook in microwave for 2 minutes and whip.
• 12 cook in microwave for another minute and whip.
• 13 add beaten eggs and cook for 2 minutes in microwave and whip. (you may need to cook for another minute or two until the right consistency.).
• 14 after cooking add butter and vanilla.
• 15 cool for a few minutes and pour into cooked pie shell.
• 16 cover filling with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
• 17 when pie is chilled, top with 7 minute frosting (see recipe below).
• 18 use a kitchen torch to brown frosting.
• 19 for seven minute frosting - topping for 2 pies.
• 20 place all ingredients except vanilla in top of double boiler (not over heat).
• 21 beat 1 minute with electric mixer to blend.
• 22 place over boiling water and cook, beating constantly, till frosting forms stiff peaks, about 7 minutes (don't overcook).
• 23 remove from boiling water. add vanilla, beat till spreading consistency, 2 minutes.
• 24 spread on chilled chocolate pies. brown top with cooking torch and serve.