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• French silk pie is a no-bake dessert made with a mixture of butter, sugar, chocolate and eggs poured into a pie crust.

• Fast Facts

  1. Crust can be the traditional pastry or graham cracker crumb
  2. Crust can also be purchased or homemade
  3. Commonly topped with whipped cream
  4. Won the Pillsbury Bake-off in 1951
  5. Generally made with dark chocolate
  6. How served: Dessert or snack

• Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 pie crust, purchased or baked and cooled (8 inch)
  • Whipped cream and chocolate shavings, as an optional topping

• How to Make French Silk Pie

  1. Mix butter and sugar together in a medium bowl using an electric mixer.
  2. Mix in the melted and cooled chocolate and vanilla extract.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time while continuing to mix for five minutes between adding each egg.
  4. Transfer the mixture evenly into the prepared pie crust and refrigerate for a minimum of two hours.
  5. Cut into eight slices and top with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, if desired. Serve and enjoy!

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