On Our Way To Crazy

I just finished the last piece of chocolate pie. The second chocolate pie the five of us consumed in the last three days. The most delicious chocolate pie in all the land.

It’s my MawMaw’s recipe, the one we’ve had for Thanksgiving and Christmas for as long as I can remember. It is absolutely my favorite dessert. When MawMaw made it, it came with homemade meringue, but, as I’ve never been a big fan of the stuff, I top mine with French Vanilla Cool Whip. It’s crazy simple, and even includes a storebought pie crust. I tried it with a homemade crust once, but it just wasn’t the same. It’s gotta be the Pillsbury kind.

MAWMAW’S CHOCOLATE PIE

3 tbsp cocoa
1-1/2 cup sugar
5 tbsp flour
1-1/2 cups milk
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp vanilla
pie crust – bake for 10 minutes at 400

In a 2 quart saucepan, mix cocoa, sugar and flour. Add milk, egg yolks, butter and vanilla. Cook over medium to high heat until thick. Pour into pie crust. Let cool, then top with meringue or cool whip. Try not to eat the whole thing in one sitting.