Chocolate French Silk Pie

Melt in your mouth chocolate filling in a flaky crust,
piled high with sweetened whipped cream.
This pie will knock your socks off!

Ingredients:
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 cup white sugar
3 one ounce squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
2 tsp pure vanilla
3 large eggs

Directions:

Part 1:
1.Melt chocolate in a small bowl over hot water.
Do not let the chocolate harden up.
2.In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter
at medium to high speed about 1 minute.
3.Add sugar, 1/4 cup at a time and continue
to beat until light and fluffy. This will take 3-5 minutes.
Scrape bowl often. It must be mixed long enough
so it is no longer gritty.
4.Slowly add the melted chocolate to the butter mixture,
beating on low to medium speed until the chocolate
is well blended and mixture is smooth and creamy. Scrape again.
5.On medium speed, add eggs one at a time,
beating after each one before adding the next egg.Scrape bowl.
6.Add vanilla and give it one more mix.
7.Spread into The Best Ever Pie Crust.
Set aside.

Part 2:
•1 cup Whipping cream
•1/4 cup powdered sugar (confectioners sugar)
•1/2 tsp pure vanilla
•Chocolate curls, optional for garnish

Directions:
1.In large mixing bowl, beat cream until it sets up.
2.Add powdered sugar and and vanilla and beat until fluffy and stiff.
Do not over beat.
3.Put whipped cream into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and decorate the pie. Or pile the cream on high with a spatula.
4.Sprinkle with chocolate curls.
5.Refrigerate pie and any leftovers.
Makes one 9 inch pie