French Silk Pie

My hubby's favorite--made it today for his birthday :)

French Silk Pie

1 Stick Butter, melted
1 cup finely grated pecans
1 cup crushed vanilla wafers
Combine ings. and press into a 9 inch pie pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 25 min. Cool completely before adding filling.

Filling:
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
2 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs

Melt chocolate (in microwave). Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla to chocolate. Then add to creamed butter and sugar mixture. Add 2 eggs and beat a full 5 minutes. Add 2 more eggs adn beat 5 more full minutes. Pour filling into crust.

Topping:
1 cup whipping cream
5 TBSP sugar

Whip cream and add sugar gradually. Continue until fluffy. Put on top of pie.

Chill pie 2-4 hours before serving (overnight is even better!)