Jean Webster's French Silk Pie

My family and I couldn't quite agree on whether this is truly a French Silk pie. We always think of the Baker's Square version as the "real" one. However, with that said, we did like this. While we were ready to snub the pecan crust, all agreed that it worked really well with the chocolate and probably is better than the ordinary pie shell for a crust, although we still agree the ordinary pie shell is really the classic for this pie. This was easy to make and we did like it but aren't certain it shouldn't be fluffier for our personal tastes. The only real problem was that the sugar came out a little grainy. I know I scraped the sides of the bowl, beat it as long as I should, and did all of that, correctly. But I used ordinary sugar and suspect that using baker's/bartender's sugar would have made it blend better. But I wouldn't avoid this recipe if you only have regular sugar (I mean cane sugar or beet sugar). I would also take the extra step to make the pecan crust because it really did add something to the pie and wasn't hard as long as you can either get ground pecans or have a way to easily make them (I have a mini-food processor plus a manual grinder).

Super easy to make and yummy! Used a store bought pie crust and still worked perfectly.

I haven't make the crust, but I'm sure it's very good. This is my go to recipe for French silk pie filling. It is excellent and fairly easy to make. I'm not sure why the ratings are low, but feel it maybe because of trolls.

OK, I bake all the time. I also am not a huge fan of chocolate or frosting. I don't care what you haters think, this pie is amazing. I love it. My family loves it. It is delicious and has been on our family table for the past 4 years.

I made this for Thanksgiving using a standard pie crust but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. It really does taste like and have the consistency of a whipped chocolate frosting. If you love frosting, you might love this pie. Everyone said it was delicious, but I would never make this again.

OMG Adrienne, get a life. you are a [filtered].

OMG....This recipe is crazy! I've never seen a recipe that is straight up frosting pie! I think the reason that so many people love this pie is because it's not pie at all - it's frosting in a pie shell...a graham cracker pie shell. Let me get this right...one egg for every ounce of chocolate? Yup. A whole cup of sugar? Oh yeah! If you're looking for an alternative to that Duncan Heines can you've been spooning, here it is. Enjoy while you sit in your lazy boy cheering on Jerry Springer

I'm not an expert cook, but I felt like one after I made this pie. I followed the directions to the letter but got a little impatient beating each egg for 5 minutes. I fudged a little on that, but it still turned out perfectly. I did have some filling left over, too, so you can use a large pie pan. For gluten-free folks, I replaced the flour with the same amount of Arrowhead Mills all-purpose GF flour, and not a single gluten-eater could tell the difference.

This is, by far, the best tasting pie I've ever made. The filling is like biting into chocolate heaven, and I'm a chocolate devotee. I love the taste of the crust, but must be doing something wrong, because I could NOT get it out of the pie plate without absolutely destroying the pieces of pie. Still delicious, but I could use some help with how to be able to cut and serve pieces of PIE, not French Silk filling with crumb topping. HELP!!!!

Just used this recipe a couple days ago and it turned out FANTASTIC. I should also note I am a complete novice and it was the first pie, first ANYTHING from scratch I ever made. The crust was so tasty and the consistency of everything was perfect. It tasted even better the second day after chilling overnight.

this pie is AMAZING! my boyfriend is a huge French silk pie fan and he says this is the best one he's ever ate. I added a little more vanilla but its awesome!

Holy crapp! This was good! I rate it a 5/5! Martha Stewart Food Network are the only people I trust dealing with sweets. Thanks Martha, you made a delicious and divine course! 5/5 PEOPLE!!!!

I didn't try this recipe yet, but my cousin and I were going to bake, and I am going to recommend this.. hope we try it(=

I had never had or made a French Silk pie before I tried this one. I have tried a few since I first made this one and none of them come close! I have been making it every Thanksgiving and a few other times a year for over 6 years now. Great creamy texture, LOVE the crust with the brown sugar and pecans...also makes for a lovely and impressive presentation with the whipped topping and chocolate curls. Also can be made ahead of time and that's nice. I usually make it the day before!

Fantastic! I added and extra egg to dense it up. Chocolate heaven...super fun to do a lovely presentation on top.

This is the best french silk pie ever! It is very smooth and everyone always asks for it again. It's very important to whip it the stated time. I make a standard pastry pie crust and whip my own whip cream. Delicious!

Great recipe. Very light and silky - secret is to beat the full time and chill sufficiently. I made espresso whipped cream for the topping. It was a hit!

I tryed this recipe and it was very easy. It was a little runny though and I found my self eat egg yolks. but my geusts did enjoy it a lot and were impressed seeing that it came out just like the picture.