CHOCOLATE PIE
2 squares chocolate
1 cup boiling water
1 cup Carnation Milk
4 tbsp. flour
⅞ cup sugar
¼ tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 tbsp. butter
½ tsp. vanilla
Melt the chocolate, add the boiling water and milk and continue heating until the mixture is smooth. Mix flour, sugar, and salt and add the hot chocolate mixture gradually, stirring so as to prevent lumping. Return to double boiler and cook 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour over the well beaten egg yolks beating constantly. Return to double boiler and cook 2 minutes longer. Add flavoring and pour into baked pastry shell. Cover with meringue made by folding 4 tbsp. sugar and ¼ tsp. baking powder into stiffly beaten egg whites. Brown in a slow (300°F) oven. Makes 1 pie.
Puddings
The desserts presented here are suggested as a means of including more milk in the diet, in order that the advised quota (1 quart daily for each member of the family) may be included. Consider the dessert in its relation to the whole meal so that it will supply dietary needs which have not been filled in the other courses. Serve a light dessert with heavy meals, and heavy desserts with light meals.