Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie recipe slightly adapted from Nestle

1 unbaked 9-in pie shell (recipe to follow)
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips, dusted in 1 tablespoon flour

Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

Beat eggs in a large bowl on hugh speed until foamy.  Beat in flour, both sugars, and salt.  Beat vanilla extract and butter. Stir in chocolate chips.  Spoon in to unbaked pie shell.  Bake 55 to 60 minutes or until knife inserted halfway between edge and center comes our clean.

Vodka Pie Crust

recipe from Cook's Illustrated

recipe makes two 9-inch pie crusts

2 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (12 1/2 ounces)
1 teaspoon table salt
2 tablespoons sugar
12 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (1 1/2 sticks), cut into 1/4-inch slices
1/2 cup chilled solid vegetable shortening , cut into 4 pieces
1/4 cup vodka , cold
1/4 cup cold water

Process 1 1/2 cups flour, salt, and sugar in food processor until combined, about 2 one-second pulses. Add butter and shortening and process until homogeneous dough just starts to collect in uneven clumps, about 15 seconds (dough will resemble cottage cheese curds and there should be no uncoated flour). Scrape bowl with rubber spatula and redistribute dough evenly around processor blade. Add remaining cup flour and pulse until mixture is evenly distributed around bowl and mass of dough has been broken up, 4 to 6 quick pulses. Empty mixture into medium bowl.

Sprinkle vodka and water over mixture. With rubber spatula, use folding motion to mix, pressing down on dough until dough is slightly tacky and sticks together. Divide dough into two even balls and flatten each into 4-inch disk. Wrap each in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 45 minutes or up to 2 days.

Baker's Notes:

• I used my homemade pie crust and I highly suggest you do as well, because store bought frozen crust is just not the same.  I have prepared the pie dough recipe in the food processor and by hand using a pastry cutter. It is definitely easier with the food processor, but tastes just as great doing it by hand.
• I did not dust the chocolate chips in flour before mixing them into the batter, hence why it looks like there is a chocolate layer in this pie.  To prevent your chocolate chips from sinking, just dust them in a tablespoon of flour before mixing them in the rest of the batter.