Banana Chocolate Cream Pie

TinyArtist

  Banana Chocolate Cream PieYield: 1 pie

  Ingredients  

• 2   squares unsweetened chocolate
• 2  cup  milk
• 2/3  cup  sugar
• 1/2  teaspoon  salt
• 2/3  cup  flour
• 3    egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 1  tablespoon  butter, or margarine
• 1/2  teaspoon  vanilla
• 1   baked 9-inch pie shell
• 3   ripe bananas
  

  Directions  

• Melt chocolate in milk in top of double boiler over boiling water, beating until blended.
• Combine sugar, salt, and flour.
• Stir slowly into chocolate mixture.
• Cook, stirring constantly until thick.
• Cook 10 minutes longer; stir occasionally.
• Stir small amount of hot mixture into egg yolks; then pour back into remaining hot mixture while beating vigorously.
• Cook 1 minute.
• Add butter or margarine and vanilla.
• Cool thoroughly.
• Cover bottom of pie shell with small amount of cooled filling.
• Peel bananas; slice into pie shell.
• Cover with remaining filling.
• Top with sweetened whipped cream and additional ripe banana slices, if desired.
• Or, make a meringue using 3 egg whites and 6 tablespoons sugar.