Best Chocolate Pudding Or Pie- Mom

* Exported from MasterCook II *

BEST CHOCOLATE PUDDING OR PIE - MOM

Recipe By : Opal Griffin
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:30
Categories : Desserts Pies
Puddings

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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3 squares unsweetened chocolate, chopped up
2 1/2 cups cold milk
1 1/3 cups sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons butter
3 egg yolks, well beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

Add chopped up chocolate to the milk in a double boiler and heat to
melt. Beat until blended. Sift sugar, flour and salt together and add a
small amount of the hot chocolate to it and stir. Now pour this mixture
into the double boiler with the rest of the hot chocolate and stir. Add 2
T. butter to this and cook with constant stirring for 10 mins. longer.
Pour a small amount of this cooked mixture over the well beaten egg
yolks while stirring vigorously to keep from cooking the eggs and
immediately pour this back into double boiler and stir and cook until
thick. Watch carefully. When starting to thicken, remove from heat and add
the vanilla and stir. Cool in a baked pie shell for pie or in 6-8 pyrex
cups for pudding,
This method of pouring back and forth with stirring helps prevent lumps
from forming.
MERINGUE: 3 egg whites beaten with 6 T. sugar if wanted on pie. I
prefer it plain with maybe a little vanilla ice cream on the side.
Very rich and yummy!

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Serving Ideas : As pudding, serve with milk. As pie, with small ice cream.

NOTES : This is really a pie filling, but makes the absolutely BEST
chocolate pudding imaginable when allowed to set up in 8 pyrex custard cups.