Chocolate Pudding Pie

Chocolate Pudding Pie

My favorite pie is chocolate pudding pie. Basically it's chocolate pudding in a baked flour pie crust. Our Grandma Fay's chocolate pie recipe is everyone's favorite, it's smooth and creamy and not too rich.

The pudding is easy to make, about 60 minutes total prep time includes making a home made pie crust. The chocolate pudding will pair well with graham cracker, or any other cookie crusts.

If desired, garnish the pie with whip cream add a dust of cocoa or chocolate shavings. This recipe makes one 9" pie.

Chocolate Pie Ingredients;

• Baked 9" Pie Crust
• 6 Tablespoons Butter
• 2 Cups Sugar
• 1/2 Cup Flour
• 2 Egg Yokes, Well Beaten
• 2 1/2 Cups Milk
• 4 Squares Semi Sweet Chocolate or 6 Tablespoons Hershey's Dark Cocoa, 2 Tablespoons Butter and 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 2 Teaspoon Vanillas Extract

Cream butter, sugar and flour in a medium sauce pan. If using Hershey's Dark Cocoa, add cocoa, additional butter and sugar to cream butter mixture. Combine milk with well beaten egg yokes and add to butter mixture. Cook on medium heat stirring frequently. Bring to a boil and cook an additional 2-3 minutes stirring constantly until the pudding is thick and smooth.

If using chocolate squares break into pieces and place in double boiler along with entire mixture. Cook on medium heat stirring frequently. Bring to a boil and cook an additional 2-3 minutes until the pudding is thick and smooth.

Let pudding cool completely before pouring into baked crust. Stir frequently until cooled so pudding doesn't form a layer of skin on top. Refrigerate several hours before cutting. Prep time for pudding is 20 minutes.