RECIPE: Chocolate Pie

SILITIA WOMACK IRELAND’S CHOCOLATE PIE

2 cups sugar                                                 3 eggs

4 cups milk                                                   1 tablespoon cocoa

1 tablespoon butter or margarine                1 teaspoon vanilla

3 tablespoons flour

            Combine the sugar, flour and cocoa. Preheat milk. Mix a small amount of milk with dry ingredients. Add to remainder of milk and mix well. Cook until it begins to thicken. Add 3 eggs mixed with milk. Cook until it begins to thicken. Add 3 eggs mixed with milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until thick. Remove from heat, cool pan at once in cold water. Add vanilla and butter; mix well. Pour into precooked pie shells. Add a topping of meringue or whipped cream, if desired. Serve hot or cold.