comfort food - old southern family recipe handed down through the generations.
Yields
8
Ingredients
1 cup sugar
1 stick melted butter
3 eggs (1 whole & 2 yolks)
2 tablespoon cocoa & enough water to equal ⅔ cup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 unbaked pie shell
meringue
Nutritional information
No nutrition information available
Instructions
Mix sugar & melted butter. Beat eggs slightly & add sugar/butter mixture. Beat again, and then add cocoa, water & vanilla. Pour into unbaked pie shell. Bake at 425 for 10 mins. Reduce oven to 375, cook approx 20 mins. Remove from oven & cover with meringue (see below) & return to oven til browned.
Meringue - Beat 4 egg whites with ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar til soft peaks form. Gradually add 7 tablespoon sugar, beat til stiff & glossy peaks form & all sugar is dissolved. Spread over hot filling, sealing to edge of pastry.