French Silk Pie

I don't like pie which is why I figured if I was going to make one for Christmas dinner - it was going to be chocolate!!!

This recipe is pretty easy especially if you have a Kitchen Aid. Gotta love how you can turn that thing on and walk away for five minutes.

Ingredients:

1 Pillsbury pie dough

1/2 cup butter, room temperature (microwave for 10 seconds if it's straight out of the fridge)

3/4 cup white sugar

2 squares semi-sweet baking chocolate

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 eggs

Preparations:

1. Place dough in pie pan, puncture with a fork or knife. Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.


2. Let pie crust cool completely.


3. Cream butter in a mixing bowl. Add sugar. Beat until well blended.


4. Melt chocolate in sauce pan over low heat or in microwave.


5. Let chocolate cool.


6. Add chocolate to butter/sugar mixture. Beat well.


7. Add vanilla extract.


8. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating 5 minutes on medium speed after each addition.


9. Pour chocolate mixture into baked and cooled pie shell.


10. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.