French Silk Chocolate Pie2

1/2 cup unsalted butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

Shell 1 1/2 cups crushed chocolate wafer cookies

(oreo cookies with cream centers removed w 6 tablespoons butter, melted

In mixer bowl, cream butter, gradually add sugar, creaming till light. Blend in chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 3 minutes after each addition, on medium speed of electric mixer. Turn into pie shell. Chill several hours.

Pie shell:

Use oreo cookies with cream centers scraped off (or chocolate wafer cookies, but I like oreos the best.) Combine cups crushed cookie crumbs with melted butter. Press into 8-inch or 9-inch pie plate (I use a glass one). Bake at 375 F for 10 minutes and then let cool completely before filling (I often make the shell one day and the filling the next - just cover shell with plastic wrap after it has cooled to keep it fresh till you fill it.)