Chocolate Cream Pie-Sue's Variation

Servings:

Calories: 319kcal

Author: Sue Loethen

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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.

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