Favorite French Silk Pie
Yield
8 servingsPrep
20 minCook
0 minReady
3½ hrsIngredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
¾ | cup |
butter
not margarine |
|
3 | ounces |
unsweetened chocolate
melted and cooled |
|
1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
3 | large |
eggs
|
|
1 |
pie shell (9 inch)
baked |
||
whipped cream
unsweetened, optional |
* | ||
chocolate
curls, optional |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
177 | ml |
butter
not margarine |
|
86.7 | ml/g |
unsweetened chocolate
melted and cooled |
|
7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
3 | large |
eggs
|
|
9 | inch |
pie shell (9 inch)
baked |
|
1 | x |
whipped cream
unsweetened, optional |
* |
1 | x |
chocolate
curls, optional |
* |
Directions
In a small mixer bowl, cream sugar and butter about 4 minutes until fluffy. Stir in cooled chocolate and vanilla.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating on medium speed of electric mixer after each addition and scraping sides of bowl constantly.
Turn into baked pastry shell. Chill several hours or overnight until set. Garnish with whipped cream and chocolate curls, if desired. Cover and chill.
Note:
It helps if the ingredients are chilled (like the butter, the bowl, beaters, etc).