Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Pie

I was in need of treats because we were having visitors and didn't want to dirty every dish in my kitchen so I only made the peanut butter portion of my Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie, stirred in some chocolate chips and put it in a chocolate graham cracker crust.  It was a hit!  Very rich but oh so good!!

Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies

For the past few years I have been using Alton Brown's chewy chocolate chip cookie recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/the-chewy-recipe.html) because it was our favorite. For some reason I decided to try a different recipe and with a few tweaks (thanks to Alton for teaching me how to alter cookie recipe for preferences) it has become our new favorite!

Chocolate chip cookies

1 C unsalted butter

1 ¼  C white sugar

¾ C brown sugar

2 eggs

1 Tbsp vanilla

2 ½ C bread flour

¾ c oats

⅓ C shredded unsweetened coconut, ground to coarse powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 C chocolate chips

Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs one at a time mixing well in between. Add vanilla.

Slowly add dry ingredients until well combined.

Scoop by tablespoon full onto cookie sheet.

Bake at 325-350 degrees for 10 minutes.

Notes:

These freeze well once scooped into balls if you make a big batch like I do!

You can substitute 2 C all purpose flour plus 1 C ground oats for bread flour and oats above

You don't have to grind up the coconut. I do because I don't like it in my teeth.