Chocolate French Silk Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 -6 ounces chocolate (depending on the size of the pie)
• 1 cup butter, per 6 ounces
• 1 cup sugar, per 6 ounces
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract (again,depending on size of pie)
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder (more or less to your preference)
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup coffee
• 1/2 whipped cream
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons chilled butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 1/2 tablespoons water or 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon coffee

Recipe

• 1 crust: mix in all the dry ingredients into a bowl, cut butter into mixture and mix in by hand until the mixture resembles a course meal.
• 2 pour in water and mix well.
• 3 roll dough out on a lightly-floured surface until thin.
• 4 press into a lightly-floured pie tin and brush the crust with the tablespoon of coffee.
• 5 bake at 400 for about 10 minutes until light brown. set aside.
• 6 chocolate filling: melt the chocolate and butter until fairly liquified (seperate bowls).
• 7 add the rest of the ingredients and mix in well.
• 8 pour into pre-baked pie crust.
• 9 bake for another 5-10 minute until edges are golden brown.
• 10 sprinkle with a bit of cocoa powder and refrigerate for at least two hours. serve.
• 11 top with coffee cream if you choose.