My family loves pie, but it’s gotten to be a bit of a chore for me to turn on the oven.  You know, summer, heat, discomfort; I don’t care to mix the oven with the weather at all.  However, once in a while, a storm blows through and the temperature doesn’t get up to the 90s.  Then, I hurry to the kitchen and turn on the oven.  After all, we might freeze with the AC cranked up and the wind howling outside.  This last storm resulted in a Chocolate Cream Pie for the fam.

Chocolate Cream PieCream pies have long been a favorite of my husband’s.  He loves pudding and what is a cream pie, but pudding with a crust?  Add the whipped cream on top and he is in heaven.  I think he may have eaten most of this pie.   Knowing how much he loves them, it’s a wonder that I don’t make them more often.  I’ll put it on my list of things I should do…..we’ll see how it turns out.

I have already succumbed to his complaints about never having the same meal twice.  I handed him the menu calendar and said, “Pick 7 meals and I will make them for a month.”  I am on my fourth month and it is KILLING ME!!  However, Hubs is happy as a clam.  I slip once in a while and make something different and he chuckles in that annoying, “Ha!  I knew you couldn’t do it!” way that men have.   I am sincerely trying, though.  It certainly makes grocery shopping easy, if not exciting.

Chocolate Cream Pie

Chocolate Cream Pie

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  • 1 single pie crust, baked
  • 1½ cups sugar
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup cornstarch
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 12 oz can evaporated milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2 Tbsp butter
  1. In a 2 quart microwave safe bowl, mix the sugar, cocoa, cornstarch and salt.
  2. Whisk in the can of evaporated milk.
  3. Microwave on high for 2 minutes.
  4. Take out the bowl and stir it thoroughly.
  5. Microwave another minute.
  6. In a smaller bowl, beat the eggs.
  7. Add a bit of the hot milk mixture to temper the eggs.
  8. Add the egg mixture into the milk mixture and microwave 1 minute, stir, microwave, etc until the mixture is thick.
  9. Add the vanilla and butter pour into the baked pie shell.
  10. Refrigerate for at least an hour, but preferably at least 4.
  11. Serve with whipped cream.

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