Did you know that this past Friday, May 15th, was National Chocolate Chip Day? I didn’t until I read an email from a family member Friday morning mentioning it. It was 72 years ago in 1937 that a woman named Ruth Graves Wakefield came up with the concept for chocolate chips. She was baking cookies and didn’t have one of the ingredients called for in her recipe, so she substituted chopped up chocolate bar bits, and the rest is history! I was not about to miss out on an opportunity to celebrate Ms. Wakefield’s genius idea, so I turned to a recipe I recently saw featured on Bakerella for Nestle’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie.
The pie is a cinch and is quick to whip up and smells amazing when it’s baking.
I highly recommend having someone else around when the pie comes out of the oven so you don’t end up like me, justifying “just one more bite in honor of Ms. Wakefield” about a thousand times.
Think gooey chocolate chip cookie in pie form. Yum.
Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie
Recipe from Nestle Classic Recipes, 2003
1 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell*
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
1 cup chopped pecans
Serve with ice cream (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Beat eggs in large mixer bowl on high until foamy.
3. Beat in flour, granulated sugar, and brown sugar. Beat in butter.
4. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts and spoon into pie shell.
5. Bake for 55-60 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Serve warm.
* If using frozen pie shell, use deep dish style and thaw completely. Bake on baking sheet and increase baking time slightly.
Coming Wednesday: Easy dinner rolls that will knock your socks off!
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If you have eaten all of this you are in big trouble. If you haven’t, please put a piece in the freezer for me.
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Save me a slice too. =) that’s looks so good. Chocolate chips and pies. Yummy!
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Fuji Nana and Jenn– Come on over and take the rest of this pie off my hands! My hips will thank you…
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Oh My! that looks too delish.. I love this recipe!
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Wow! This looks delicious. I celebrated chocolate chip day too! Wasn’t it fun?!
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Oh wow. That looks so frigging good.I wish I had known it was national chocolate chip day on Friday, I would have made something.
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Sounds and looks go-od:)
TK
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This is what I call heaven in a pie pan! Hole chocolate cow!
♥ Jen
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I love to know the history behind foodie things :-) Thanks for sharing!
That pie looks so good. Yummy! I bet it tastes phenomenal!
Have a wonderful day!
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There was a little diner-type restaurant near our church when we were kids that used to serve something like this… thanks for bringing back such a happy memory!
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THAT IS SO FLIPPIN NOT FAIR!!!! I actually have all the ingredients. At least the kiddoes aren’t looking over my shoulder, so I don’t HAVE to make it today. dang it.
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Emily– Who said you don’t HAVE to make it today? Do I need to “anonymously” call your house and inform your kids that this recipe exists? :-)
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This is one of my most favorite recipes. It’s amazing right out of the oven with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Yum!!
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You know just what my weakness is. Yay…chocolate chip day and yay for Ruth Wakefield. Both are a sanity savers and should be honored. Hmmmm, I need some chocolate!
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Haha! That's the bad thing about having a food blog. One has to make a lot of yummy things. I just started mine. I hope I don't gain too much weight in a year. This pie rocks! :)
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OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to try this out! I love making chocolate chip cookies…and my friends and family….love eating them..BUT this..PIE …oh my…I need to try!!!!!
:)
Kelli
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