chocolate chip cookie pie
My little had a hankering for chocolate chip cookies yesterday and since it’s #snowmageddon outside, it seemed like an excellent way to spend an hour. We’d already tackled a long-overdue purging project in our laundry room, so… To choose just the right recipe, I went straight to the place where all of my baking projects start, my All Aflutter ‘sweets for my sweets’ Pinterest board and the boys agreed on this Weelicious Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake recipe that I had pinned around Valentine’s Day. She calls it cake, we call it pie, but I think everyone would agree to just settle on AMAZING.
My little did all the heavy lifting (mama got stuck with the dishes) and we had this whipped up in no time at all. And… the reason there’s no picture of the whole thing is because it was 70% gone in like 5 minutes. OMG it is way too good and so easy. My husband took a little nibble off of it just a few minutes ago and then wandered off mumbling “that’s just wrong.” It really is and would be super over-the-top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
If you aren’t familiar with Weelicious, def jump over to her site and check it out. I’ve been following her since my oldest was little and she has some excellent sweet and savory kid-friendly recipes, especially if you have food allergies to work around. You can search her site by food sensitivity, which is so helpful. I was so inspired by her passion for air frying that I busted mine out and have become an air frying fool right along with her (totally obsessed). Anyway, this recipe is so easy and you probably already have on hand everything that it calls for. We didn’t have a cutie heart-shaped pan so we just used a basic pie plate and I promise, nobody will care what shape it is as long as you share. xo
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup softened unsalted butter
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg, whisked
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flour (I subbed King Arthur GF Measure for Measure and it was perfect)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375
Cream the butter and sugar in a standing mixer (or in a bowl using a hand mixer) for 4-5 minutes until light and fluffy
Add the egg and vanilla and mix for 1 minute
Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and slowly incorporate into the butter and egg mixture
Mix until combined then pour in the chocolate chips and stir
Press the dough into a greased pie pan
Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown
Cool, slice and share with your favorite helpers
