Chocolate Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) deep dish pie shells
• 4 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares (baker's)
• 1 cup sugar, plus
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups whole milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 bake pie crust as directed on wrapper. preheat oven to 400 degrees. combine sugar, corn starch, and flour and set aside. separate eggs and reserve whites in a small metal bowl.
• 2 melt chocolate in a large pot over low heat. pour milk into a microwaveable container and gradually warm it through (30 seconds at time, stirring in between).
• 3 add the milk to chocolate and begin heating on high, stirring constantly. stir yolks thoroughly then gradually add to chocolate and milk mixture. drizzle the yolks in slowly, in a long thin strand, and stir continuously to help prevent them from clumping up.
• 4 slowly add sugar, corn starch and flour mixture to the pot; stir continually. adjust heat to medium while stirring. stop stirring when mixture thickens up, and pour into pie crust.
• 5 make the meringue in a small metal bowl: beat egg whites until stiff (little peaks should form when beaters are pulled out of the mixture). a non-metal bowl can be used, but it will take longer and won't be as fluffy (but still delicious!).
• 6 add 2 t sugar and beat. add last 2 t sugar and beat again. don't overbeat, or the meringue will weep after baking. it should still form nice peaks when beaters are pulled out.
• 7 add vanilla extract and mix with a spoon. spoon meringue onto the top of the pie.
• 8 bake until meringue turns brown on top and edges, about 5-10 minutes.