Chocolate Cream Pie-Sue's Variation
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 12 ounces evaporated milk
- ½ cup water
- 4 eggs
- 2 Tbs butter or margarine
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips Hershey's
- ¼ cup milk chocolate chips Hershey's
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 baked and cooled 9-inch pastry shells
Instructions
Stove-Top Method
- In saucepan mix sugar, flour and salt.
- Combine milk, evaporated milk, and water.
- Add half of milk mixture; mix smooth. Bring to boil over medium heat, stirring briskly. Continue to stir and boil until smoothly thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
- With fork, beat eggs with remaining milk mixture; gradually stir into hot mixture, then put back over heat.
- Bring to a boil, stirring, and boil until mixture thickens a bit more, about 1 minute. Remove from heat, stir in butter, chocolate and vanilla. Stir until chocolate is completely melted.
- Pour into baked shell. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill.
Microwave Method
- In 2-quart glass batter bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, combine milk, evaporated milk, and water.
- Add half of milk mixture to the flour and sugar mixture; mix smooth. Microwave one minute at a time on full power, until smoothly thickened, whisking after each minute. This takes approximately 5 minutes total.
- Add eggs to remaining milk mixture and whisk. Gradually whisking into the hot mixture so eggs don't curdle.
- Continue microwaving one minute at a time, whisking after each minute, until thick and smooth. (As it gets thicker, you may want to stir after each 30 seconds or reduce power.) This takes approximately 5-6 minutes total.
- Whisk in butter, chocolate chips, and vanilla, stirring until chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
- Pour into baked pie shells. Cover with plastic wrap. Chill.
Notes
For lactose-free pies, use lactose-free milk in place of the milk, evaporated milk, and water (same total quantity - 3 cups total).
For both lactose-free and gluten-free version, try Cassava Flour in place of regular flour, and substitute unsweetened vanilla almond milk for the regular milk, evaporated milk, and water (same total quantity - 3 cups total). Also, be sure and use gluten-free pie crusts.
Nutrition
Calories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 6gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 53mgSodium: 220mgPotassium: 174mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 189IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 92mgIron: 2mg
