chocolate chip pie

Life it just good with friends and food.  Life is even better when friends bring you food.  But it honestly is the best of the best when those friends who bring you food are your neighbors.

Some of our dear neighbors came for dinner during the Christmas break.  We really enjoyed our meal, but my absolute favorite part of the evening was sharing this pie, laughing, and talking recipes over the next couple of hours.  In fact, I followed Lynda right over to her house, after eating at ours, and she pulled out some of her favorite cookbooks and showed me a few of her tried and true recipes.  It was such a treat and a moment I had always imagined having with neighbors.  

Linda is a wonderful cook.  We've both had fun carrying sweets and various dishes back and forth to each other.  I snapped a picture of this piece of the pie the day after our meal and asked her if I could share it on the blog.  She gladly gave me the recipe.  It was so very good with vanilla bean ice cream and coffee, I just had to ask to share it with you.  

For those who aren't big coconut fans, this isn't strong.  I LOVE coconut, but it isn't the stand-out ingredient, so don't worry.  I do think my favorite part of this dessert is the chewier texture.  I've had chocolate chip pie before, but it reminded me more of a slice of chocolate chip cookie dough. Although that's not a bad thing, this pie is even better and different.

I hope you'll make room for this dish sooner than later.  Whip it up and share it with a neighbor you love.  I'm sure glad ours did!

Chocolate Chip Pie

makes one 9-inch pie

printable recipe

• one unbaked pie shell
• 1 c sugar
• 1/2 c flour
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 stick melted butter
• 1 c chocolate chips preferred
• 1 c broken pecans
• 1/2 c flaked coconut
• 2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. 

2. Blend sugar, flour, eggs, butter and vanilla well.

3. Stir in chocolate chips, pecans and coconut.

3. Pour into unbaked shell and bake for 30-35 minutes, or until firm.

4. Serve warm with ice cream or cooled with whipped cream.

Recipe by my neighbor, Lynda.