Cinnamon Chocolate Pie

60 minutes Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 30 minutes

549 calories per serving view nutrition facts

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Ingredients

1	cup	sugar
1/4	teaspoon	salt
1/2	teaspoon	cinnamon	ground
1/4	cup	cornstarch
1/3	cup	cocoa powder
1/4	cup	milk	cold
2	cups	milk	scalded
3	tablespoons	butter
3	each	egg yolks
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1	each	pie shell (9 inch)	9 inch, baked
1	x	meringue

Directions

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.

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 the 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 remianing 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 meringe and bake twenty minutes.

MERINGUE: Combine three egg whites with 1/8 teaspoon salt and beat until the whites stand in soft peaks.

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

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 246g

Amount per Serving

Calories 549 37% of calories from fat

	% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.0g	35%
Saturated Fat 11.0g	55%
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 34mg	11%
Sodium 470mg	20%
Total Carbohydrate 84.0g	28%
Dietary Fiber 3.0g	12%
Sugars 59.0g
Protein 7.0g	15%

Vitamin A	10%		Vitamin C	1%
Calcium	18%		Iron	11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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