For many years, Major Petrie’s Wagon Wheel Playhouse in Warsaw, IN, included a restaurant at the top of the hill. It was sold in 1970. This silky French chocolate pie was a favorite at the restaurant

Makes 1, 8-inch pie

Ingredients

• ½ cup butter
• ¾ cup sugar
• 1 oz unsweetened baking chocolate
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs (use pasteurized for safety)
• Baked pie shell
• Whipped cream to garnish

Instructions

In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream ½ cup butter with ¾ cup sugar until light and fluffy. Melt chocolate in microwave at 50% power. Blend melted chocolate and 1 tsp vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating a full 5 minutes after each addition. Pour mixture into small baked pie shell and chill the pie. Garnish with whipped cream. Serve very cold.