Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
                        Home made pie crust:
  1 1/2           cups  flour -- (1 1/2 to 2)
     1/4           cup  Crisco ( I use butter flavor..yum!!) -- (1/4 to 1/2)
  1               dash  or two of salt
                        Ole Fashioned Chocolate Pie Filling
  2 1/2           cups  milk in a quart pan
  1                cup  sugar
  2 1/2           Tbs.  Cocoa
  2 1/2           Tbs.  flour -- (2 1/2 to 3)
  3                     egg yolks or substitutes set aside and
                        stirred in small bowl til mixed well-
                        will need
  3                     egg whites set aside to room temperature -- (3 to 4)

Preparation:

using a fork or pie kneader, blend Crisco in to flour until crumbly. Add cold water a little at a time until blended. Remember as my mom says...punkin...(not really) you play with bread, you get done with pie. The less you play with pie crust the less tough it is. Roll out and place in pie pan, fluting the edges. For a Cream crust, place fork holes through out crust and bake until golden on 350 degrees. Approximately 20-25 min. Set aside to cool. Ole Fashioned Chocolate Pie Filling Stir well over a medium heat..never leaving the range, it is like making candy, it will stick...you must not leave!! Stir continuously until mixed well..then continue to stir til it is beginning to thicken. Take off of heat, pour a small amount into egg container, stir well and pour egg mixture back into pan. Remember to stir vigorously or the egg yolks will seem to make a substance like curdle. When it reaches the stage where you pour out of a spoon and it falls in clumps...remove from heat and: add 1 teaspoon of vanilla 2 Tbs. of butter/margarine Return to heat and: Continue to stir and heat..watching very closely until it is very thick. Set aside to cool and set! Take the 3-4 egg whites..and beat til soft peaks. Add 1/4 to 1/2 teasp. of Tarter sauce. One teaspoon of sugar per egg..and continue to beat until stiff peaks arise. Pour chocolate mixture into the baked crust...Smooth egg white mixture over chocolate mixture...being sure to seal edges with egg mixture. Bake in oven at 350 degrees til peaks are brown. Take out and sit on rack to cool. *** you can use this recipe for other cream pies...such as coconut, or banana cream. Just substitute the appropriate flavors..coconut flakes..or banana

Nutritional Information:

3086 Calories (kcal); 34g Total Fat; (8% calories from fat); 94g Protein; 698g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 57mg Sodium