Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Chocolate Cream Pie

Chocolate Cream Pie.

You can cook Chocolate Cream Pie using 9 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cream Pie

1. You need 1 cup of sugar.
2. It's 2 cups of milk.
3. You need 3 of egg yolks, save whites.
4. You need 6 tablespoons of flour.
5. You need 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder (more or less to your liking).
6. It's 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
7. It's 1/2 stick of butter.
8. It's 1 tablespoon of vanilla.
9. Prepare of Homemade or store bought pie crust.

Chocolate Cream Pie instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees..
2. Brush pie shell lightly with reserved egg whites..
3. Bake crust until light golden brown..
4. Set aside to cool..
5. In medium saucepan, stir cocoa powder, flour, sugar and salt..
6. Add egg yolks and milk. Stir to combine..
7. Over medium heat, cook filling until thickened..
8. When thick, remove from heat and add butter and vanilla..
9. Pour into cooled pie crust..
10. With mixer, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form..
11. You can add couple of spoons of sugar if you like. And teaspoon cream of tartar..
12. Pile meringue onto hot filling and cover edges to seal..
13. Broil for a few minutes to brown meringue to your desired darkness..
14. Let pie cool completely before slicing..
15. Store covered in fridge..
16. Enjoy :).