Chocolate Silk Pie

 

ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar

4 T cocoa

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs divided
1 prepared 8 inch pastry shell, baked and cooled

directions
1. cream butter in a mixing bowl for 20 minutes or so.
gradually beat in 1/2 c sugar till well blended. stir in cocoa, vanilla and egg yolks.
2. in a separate bowl, beat egg whites on high till stiff, gradually stirring in 1/4 c sugar.
3. gently fold egg whites into chocolate mixture till combined.
then spoon the chocolate filling into the baked and cooled pie shell.
4. refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.
5. eat.

****Copied this recipe off of my friend, Aubrey's blog so that I wouldn't forget or lose the recipe... with her permission, of course! :)