Chocolate Cream Pie

Ingredients

• 1 baked 9-inch pie shell
• 1 13 c sugar
• 14 c regular all-purpose flour
• 14 c cocoa
• 1 23 c 1 tall can evaporated milk
• 3 egg yolks slightly beaten
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 12 c nuts chopped
• 1 recipe Meringue

Directions

1. Sift together sugar flour and cocoa
2. Gradually stir in evaporated milk
3. Stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and thickens
4. Reduce heat cook and stir 4 minutes
5. Add small amount of hot mixture to egg yolks return all to pan
6. Cook and stir 1 to 3 additional minutes until mixture is very thick Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla
7. Cool 5 minutes Turn into pie shell
8. Top with nuts
9. Cover with Meringue sealing well around edge
10. Bake in preheated 350 oven 12 to 15 minutes