Chocolate Chip Pie

Chocolate Chip Pie

Hello!  We hope you enjoyed our last recipe, and here's another!  This chocolate chip pie is AMAZING!  There's the perfect amount of chocolate in it for all you chocolate lovers out there!  It's delicious blend of melted chocolate chips and chopped pecans make this dessert something you have to try!  This recipe was pretty easy and we hope you like it!

We decided to use a different crust recipe this time.


For the crust:

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 stick or 1/2 cup all-vegetable shortening
• 3 tablespoons cold water

    1. Spoon flour into measuring cup and level.  Combine flour and salt in medium bowl.
    2. Cut in 1/2 cup shortening using pastry blender until all flour is blended to form pea-sized chunks.

    3. Sprinkle with water 1 tablespoon at a time.  Lightly toss with fork until dough forms a ball.

    4. Press dough between hands to form a 5-6 inch "pancake".  Flour rolling surface and rolling pin lightly.             Roll dough into circle.  Trim circle 1 1/2 inches larger than upside-down pie plate.  Carefully remove trimmed dough.

5. Wrap dough loosely around rolling pin and fit into pie plate.  Fold edge over and flute the edges.

For the filling:

Ingredients:

• 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 semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup pecans or walnuts

    1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
    2. Beat eggs in a large mixer bowl until foamy.
    3. Beat in dry ingredients.
    4. Beat in butter.
    5. Stir in chocolate chip and nuts.

    6. Spoon into unbaked pie shell.

    7. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between outside edge and center comes out clean.  Cool.  Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.

Makes 8-10 servings.