Cinnamon Chocolate Pie

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Cinnamon Chocolate Pie

 

1 cup Sugar

1/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Cinnamon

1/4 cup Cornstarch

1/3 cup Cocoa

1/4 cup Milk, cold

2 cup Milk, scalded

3 Tbl Butter

3 Egg Yolks

1 tsp Vanilla

9 inch Pie Shell, baked

3 Egg Whites

1/8 tsp Salt

4 Tbl Sugar

 

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.

 

Combine 1/2 cup of the sugar with the salt, cinnamon, cornstarch, and

cocoa in the top of a double boiler.

 

Blend in the cold milk.

 

Stir in hot milk and cook over hot water until thick, about three to

five minutes, stirring constantly.

 

Cover and continue cooking until very thick, about eight minutes,

stirring occasionally.

 

Add the butter.

 

Beat the egg yolks lightly and blend them with the remaining 1/2 cup

sugar.

 

Add a little of the hot mixture, then stir into the remaining hot

mixture.

 

Cook, uncovered, over hot (not boiling) water until very thick, about

ten minutes.

 

Add the vanilla. Cool.

 

Turn the mixture into the baked pie shell.

 

Top with meringue and bake twenty minutes.

 

For meringue, combine egg whites with salt and beat until the whites

stand in soft peaks.

 

Beat in sugar one tablespoon at a time, until stiff.