Chocolate Cream Pie

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons baking cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups water
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
5 egg yolks, beaten
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (9 inch) pastry shell, baked
whipped topping

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the first six ingredients until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. stir 1 cup hot mixture into egg yolks. Return all to the pan; bring to a gentle boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla. Cool slightly. Pour warm filling into pastry shell. Cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate until set. Just before serving, garnish with whipped topping.

*I made one addition to this, I let the filling sit and cool for about 15 minutes or so and then added about 1 cup of freshly whipped whipped cream to tone down the chocolate flavor a bit and my whole family absolutely loved it!

Zucchini Brownies

Ingredients

3 c zucchini (grated & drained)

2 c flour

1 1/2 c sugar

1 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp soda

3 T cocoa

1/2 c oil

2 tsp vanilla

Frosting

6 T unsweetened cocoa powder

1/4 c margarine

2 c confectioners sugar

1/4 c milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

Directions

Mix everything together except zucchini (this will appear very dry, don't worry, it is supposed to be that way). Once everything is mixed together, add zucchini. Pour into a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Let sit and cool for a few minutes. Spread with frosting.

*This is actually more like a cake than a brownie (very moist) but it is very good. I actually baked it in a 9x13 pan instead of a cookie sheet and I only put a small of amount of frosting on the top (I made it more like a glaze and put a small spread across it, I don't like a heavy frosting on my brownies).

SUPER EASY Chocolate Pudding Raspberry Pie

Ingredients:

1 pie crust (bought from the store and baked)

1 (3 oz.) box of instant chocolate pudding

1 c. milk

1 container of raspberries

1 small carton of whipping cream, whipped & mixed with a bit of sugar and vanilla

Directions:

Bake pie crust according to directions and let cool. Mix chocolate pudding and milk together, beat for about 2 minutes or until thick and smooth. Take 1 cup of whipping cream and fold into chocolate mixture until completely blended together. Take half of chocolate mixture and put in pie crust. Spread raspberries on top of chocolate mixture, leaving a few out for a topping. Spread the rest of chocolate mixture on top of raspberries and top it off with the rest of the whipped cream and raspberries.

*I decided one day to create this pie and I absolutely love it!!! How can you go wrong with chocolate and raspberries :) This is not a fancy pie at all, but it sure puts a smile on my face when I eat it.