Title: Chcolate Sponge Pie
Categories: Pie
Yield: 1 9"pie

1	c	Sugar
1/3	c	Flour
1/4	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Ground chocolate
3		Eggs; seperated
1	c	Milk
9		Inch unbaked pastry shell

Sift together sugar, flour, salt, and chocolate. Beat egg yolks well and mix with milk; combine with dry ingredients. Beat egg whites stiff and fold into chocolate mixture, mixing well. Pour into pie shell. Bake in a hot oven (450ø) for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to moderate (350ø) and bake until firm. Test by inserting a knife blade; when it comes out clean, the chocolate sponge is done. Serve cold with whipped cream or ice cream.

from "Sunset Cook Book of Favorite Recipes", 1949, edited by Emily Chase

typed and posted by teri Chesser 10/96

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