Baking with Bella: Grandma’s chocolate pie

By BELLA ESPINOZA

Family gatherings during Thanksgiving call for delicious meals and tasty homemade desserts. Chocolate pie is a classic holiday treat, perfect for your contribution to the table filled with many delectable foods. This quick and easy chocolate pie recipe uses common ingredients that can be found in your kitchen cabinets right at home. This recipe is from susanrecipe.com.

Ingredients:

½ cup cocoa

¼ cup cornstarch

3 egg yolks, beaten

1½ cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

¼ teaspoon salt

2 cups milk

Instructions:

Always clean work surface and wash your hands before cooking. In a pot, mix cocoa, cornstarch, beaten egg yolks, sugar, vanilla and salt. Add milk gradually over medium heat while stirring. Cook until thick. Pour into pre-baked pie shell and refrigerate.