Cocoa Cream Pie

From the kitchen of Santina Mullins Hale

Ingredients

1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/4 cups sugar
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups milk
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 baked pastry shell OR graham cracker pie shell
sweetened whipped cream

Directions

In medium saucepan, stir together cocoa, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Gradually add milk to dry ingredients, stirring constantly, until smooth. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils; boil for one minute. Remove from heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Pour into shell. Carefully press plastic wrap directly onto pie filling. Cool; refrigerate for 6 to 8 hours. Top with whipped cream.