Chocolate Pie

Ingredients

Meringue shell

• 3 egg whites
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Filling

• 1 large package chocolate chips
• 8 tablespoons hot water
• 1 small carton frozen whipped topping
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Steps

1. Beat the egg whites until stiff; add the sugar and keep beating. Add the vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and beat 10 minutes longer.
2. Spread in a buttered 9 inch pie pan, building up the sides, and bake 1 hour at 300 degrees to make a meringue shell.
3. Cook the chocolate chips and hot water in the top of a double boiler until thick. Cool.
4. Stir in the whipped topping and 1 teaspoon vanilla, pour into the meringue shell and refrigerate.

Notes

Newspaper clipping pasted on Rosie Lee’s “Pie” index card, along with several other pie clippings on both sides; both sides of the card are shown below.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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