There is nothing - no circumstance, no trouble, no testing - that can ever touch me until, first of all, it has gone past God and past Christ right through to me. If it has come that far, it has come with a great purpose, which I may not understand at the moment. But as I refuse to become panicky, as I lift up my eyes to Him and accept it as coming from the throne of God for some great purpose of blessing to my own heart, no sorrow will ever disturb me, no trial will ever disarm me, no circumstance will cause my to fret - for I shall rest in the joy of what my Lord is! That is the rest of victory!

Alan Redpath

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Kentucky	Desserts, Pies & past	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Milk
2	c	Sugar
		3 to 4 T. flour
3	md	Eggs
		3 to 4 T. butter
1	ts	Vanilla
2	tb	Cocoa powder
1		9-inch pie crust; baked

INSTRUCTIONS

Pour milk into heavy saucepan. (well-seasoned iron skillet or pan is
preferred). Separate eggs, add egg yolks to milk and beat in with wire
whip. Turn burner to med. heat. In separate bowl, mix together flour, cocoa
powder and sugar. Stir into milk/egg mixture. Cook and stir with wire whip
until mixture begins to thicken. Add butter and continue to stir until
mixture is thick. Stir in vanilla and pour into baked pie shell. Make your
favorite meringue using reserved egg whites. Spread over pie filling. Brown
in 350 degree oven till meringue is slightly browned. Watch carefully, it
won't take too long.
VARIATIONS: For coconut cream pie, add 1 to 1-1/2 c. coconut and about 1/2
t. coconut extract to mixture when it begins to thicken. Sprinkle coconut
on top of meringue prior to browning. You can substitute brown sugar for
white, leave off cocoa for butterscotch pie. Leave out cocoa and add sliced
bananas for banana cream pie. This recipe was given to my mother by Josie
Marcum who had a restaurant in Jamestown many years ago.
Source: Grade A Recipes - A collection of recipes by students, staff,
parents and friends of Jamestown Elementary School in Jamestown, Kentucky
(my daughter's school)
entered in MCII on 4-15-98 by Karen Coe ayla@duo-county.com
Recipe by: Rachel Daniel/5th grade/Jamestown Elem.School
Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest by "Kalico" <ayla@duo-county.com> on Apr 15,
1998

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