CookieCakePie Monster

I first became aware of the cookiecakepie when my friend Jenn made a cakepie and posted pics on Facebook. I was intrigued, and of course, also hungry so I went in search of some recipes for a cakepie of my own. I Google searched Cakepie and found a couple of options which looked interesting, but then I found the stuff of legends. The cookiecakepie was hiding in one of my favorite blogs, Cakespy. Here is the link to the Cakespy post: http://www.cakespy.com/blog-old/2009/5/27/triple-threat-the-cookie-cake-pie.html I knew once I read through her recipe and the story accompanying it that I had to try this monster out for myself. I made a few modifications to fit my family's tastes, but I knew that once my kids found out about this beast of a dessert, just the novelty of eating a cookiecakepie would delight them.

First of all, I mixed up a batch of my favorite chocolate chip cookie dough. I was using a pre-made pie shell for the sake of convenience and ease because this was definitely a recipe I was making with my kids. My instinct was to pre-bake the crust, but I resisted and followed the rest of the directions as given. We pressed the cookie dough into the pie shell, topped it with some chocolate cake batter (with enough left over to bake a half dozen cupcakes...bonus!!!) and popped it in the oven. It took about 45 min at 350 degrees, and when I took it out of the oven, the kids marveled at how it baked up. It was hard to let it cool without taking a little bite, but we managed.

The final step was frosting the thing. I decided that if I frosted it with buttercream, we might all suffer from sugar shock at the table mid-bite which would not do, and at the very least, bedtime would be a challenge, so I decided on some softly whipped vanilla cream and fresh sliced strawberries. It was just right to cut the super sweet body of the cookiecakepie, and we all swooned at the first bite. It was a hit! I highly recommend making this not just for, but with your family! In fact, if you do, have a bite for me!