French Silk Pie
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 292. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup butter (not margarine)
- 3 squares (3 ounces) unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- Baked Pastry Shell (see recipe, opposite)
Instructions
- In a bowl beat sugar and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed about 4 minutes or till fluffy. Stir in chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on high speed after each addition and scraping sides of bowl constantly. Transfer to Baked Pastry Shell. Cover; chill for 5 to 24 hours or till set. If desired, top with unsweetened whipped cream and chocolate curls.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "French Silk Pie for Bake-Off" by MrGuilt; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/26786784@N08/6894793513. Cropped/resized.
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