Black Bottom Pie #2 – We Love God!

When the loss of any temporal enjoyment casts us into excessive despondency and dejection it is evident that what we have lost, was the object of our inordinate love. The most innocent attachments cease to be innocent, when they press too strongly upon us! To cleave to any created object, and to look for happiness from it – is to make an idol of it – and set it up in God's place. Should this object be a friend, a brother, a wife, or a child, the idolatry is still odious in the eyes of that God, to whom we owe our chief affection. Our warmest passions, our most fervent love, desires, hopes, and confidences should always have God for their object. It is His desire that our happiness should not center in any of the good things of this life.

John Fawcett

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Pie	9	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Crushed cookies, by hand or
		in food processor
		chocolate wafers graham
		crackers or ginger snaps
6	T	Butter, melted
2	c	Milk
4		Eggs, separated
1/2	c	Sugar
2	T	Cornstarch
2	t	Vanilla
1 1/2		Squares unsweetened
		chocolate melted
1	T	Gelatin
4	T	Cold water
1/2	c	Sugar
1/4	t	Cream of tartar
2	T	Rum
1	c	Whipping cream, whipped
2	T	Powdered sugar
		Grated chocolate

INSTRUCTIONS

To prepare crust, mix cookie crumbs with butter and pat in bottom of
an 8 inch square pan. Bake crust for 15 minutes at 350Ã¸. To prepare
filling, heat milk in double boiler. Combine egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar
and cornstarch. Add to hot milk. Cook 20 minutes. Add vanilla. Remove
1 cup cooked custard, adding melted chocolate to it and cool. Pour
into baked crust. To rest of custard add gelatin dissolved in cold
water. Let cool but don't let thicken.  Beat egg whites until frothy.
Continue beating until stiff peaks form while adding 1/2 cup sugar,
cream of tartar and rum. Add to custard. Pour over chocolate layer  and
chill until set. Cover with whipped cream sweetened with powdered
sugar. Sprinkle chocolate on top. Chill several hours.  Yield: 9
servings.  DIANE LARRISON  (MRS. JAMES H., JR.)  From <Traditions: A
Taste of the Good Life>, by the Little Rock (AR)  Junior League.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 361 Calories From Fat: 156 Total Fat: 18.4g Cholesterol: 107.4mg Sodium: 61.4mg Potassium: 124.6mg Carbohydrates: 45.6g Fiber: 1.5g Sugar: 27.9g Protein: 5.7g