A Calendar of Dinners

Marion Harris Neil's calendar of dinners — a year of menus and 615 recipes, one Crisco kitchen at a time.

HomeEggs › Chocolate Cream Pie

Chocolate Cream Pie

2 squares chocolate, 1/4 cup cornstarch, 1 teaspoon Crisco, 1 pint milk, 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1 tablespoon vanilla. Melt chocolate, add sugar, cornstarch, egg yolks, salt, Crisco and milk. Cook in double boiler till thick, stirring constantly; flavor with vanilla. Pour into a baked pie crust shell, cover with meringue made by beating egg whites till stiff and adding 2 tablespoons sugar; brown in oven and serve cold.

← Braised Duck with TurnipsRoast Guinea Chickens →