Chocolate Chip Pie Gooey Bites

Hello friends! Well, it's the weekend, and of course, I've been cooking again. The weekend started out with our good friends, Ryan and Katie, coming to visit us. They're some of our best friends from Auburn, and they're going to Nepal for a year this coming March. We will miss them terribly, but we are so excited about the adventure God is taking them on! Saturday morning, I volunteered with Church of the Highlands. We served hotdogs to underprivileged and homeless people in the Woodlawn community. It was a great way to start my weekend. Then I headed over to the home of one of the couples in our small group. Jonathan was already there watching the AU game, and I got to see about half of the game. This is the treat I baked up to celebrate the occasion. They were a big hit! (Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture, but there are great pictures on the website where I got the recipe. Click here).

1/2 C butter, melted and cooled
1 C sugar
1/2 C flour
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1 C chopped pecans, toasted
1 C mini chocolate chips
9" unbaked pie shell

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl combine the butter, sugar, flour, eggs, and vanilla. When combined stir in chocolate chips and toasted nuts. Set aside.

Right out of the box the pie crust is way too thick. Lightly flour your rolling surface and roll out crust so it's about 13-14" in diameter. (See pictures on blog for example). You want it pretty thin because it will expand while cooking. You will need to cut out some circles and then re-roll the pie crust.

A 2.75" circle is the perfect size. So use a cookie cutter, or grab a cup from your cupboard, and cut out circles. Press into the bottom of your mini muffin pan.

Mix all ingredients and pour into pie shells. Bake 20-25 minutes. The tops will get crinkly and golden brown. Let cool for a minute and they should pop right out of the pan.

All I have to say is, "Wow." Gooey chocolate goodness. These are best right out of the oven, but microwave them for a few seconds if they get cool, and they taste just the same as straight out of the oven :)

That's all for now, folks!