Here is our favorite for chocolate cream pie. After the filling has cooled, you can make a meringue and spread on top and brown in broiler. We do not care for mergine so I never do that.

Allene Rogers� Chocolate Cream Pie

1 1/2 cups sugar (3cups)
6 T cocoa (Allene says 1/2 cup, but we prefer 6 T) (3/4 cup)
3 T cornstarch or 6 T flour (6T or 12T)
3 cups milk (6 cups)
3 egg yolks, mixed (6 yolks)
1/4 cup butter or margarine (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 t vanilla (3t)

Thoroughly mix sugar, cocoa, and cornstarch in saucepan. Add milk and eggs. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens and boils. Pour into baked pie shell. Makes 1 9" pie. Amounts in parentheses are for making two pies).

First of all....make and blind bake a 9 inch pie crust....using butter for the shortening.
Next make the filling
1 c. sugar
1/4 c. cocoa
1/4 c. flour
2 c. milk ..or 1 cup milk and 1 cup half and half
2 egg yolks, well beaten
1/4 tsp salt
1 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix flour, sugar and cocoa and place in a double boiler.
Beat eggs and milk together with salt
And mix with the dry ingredients. Cook stirring constantly over boiling water until thickened...it should come to a "plop plop" sort of boil.
Remove from heat.....add butter and vanilla stir about 3 minutes to cool a little and pour into the pie crust.
Make meringue of the 2 egg whites
Beat to soft peaks, adding a pinch of salt
When egg whites are soft peaks, add 4 T. sugar, superfine is best, and beat until sugar is dissolved....pinch a bit in your fingers to feel if it's still gritty.
Put meringue on pie being sure to spread all the way to the crust, and bake at 325 until just browned about 15 minutes.
Linda C

Thanks y'all!

I made it almost pretty much like both recipes. The end--low, 300 I think, and 15 minutes.

What I did different was an oatmeal crust. That part is good. It's the filling. It looks good and right. Then, I put on the meringue and brown it.

Wonder maybe if I just brown it via torch or under the broiler if that might not help. Looks like I am at least on the right track!