12 Days of Cookies - Day 12 - Cookie Pie and A Giveaway

On the twelfth day of cookies my true love gave to me - a cookie in a pie. I finally made it!  Geez..could that taken me long enough.   There never seems to be enough time in the day for me to get things done.   Either that or I am in super slow vacation mode and my productivity bar is on low.    When on vacation my priorities sort of get jumbled around and there are all these little things I don't really get to do, like shopping in the middle of the day,  lunch with a girl friend or just curling up the couch doing nothing and watching day time tv or reading a book, you can't always do these small things when you are working 9-5.  In short this vacation has been so nice and relaxing.   Time to start thinking about a new year and new things.

Enjoy Day 12 - Finally!     (P.S - GIVEAWAY DOWN BELOW!)

Cookie Pie

(Adapted from BAKED - New Frontiers)

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 Pie Dough in shell - homemade or store bought - uncooked, frozen
• 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup (6 oz) unsalted butter, softened, cubed
• 1 tbsp whiskey
• 2/3 cup toasted, chopped walnuts
• 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup butterscotch chips
• 1/4 cup toffee bits

INSTRUCTIONS:

1)  Preheat oven to 350F.  Remove pie shell from freezer while preparing filling.

2) Combine flour and sugars in a medium bowl and whisk together.

 3) In your mixer bowl/large bowl whisk together the eggs until foamy, a few minutes.  Switch to the paddle attachment or beaters.  Gradually add the flour/sugar mixture to the eggs with the mixer on low. 

Once all flour/sugar has been added, beat on high for 2 minutes.

4) Add the butter, scrape down the bowl and beat to combine butter.  Add whiskey and mix to combine

5) Fold in toasted walnuts. both chips and toffee bits, reserve about 1/3 cup chips (combination of both chips)

6) Place pie shell  on a baking sheet and pour filling into shell.   Top with remaining chips.

7) Bake in center rack for 45-50 minutes.   Check after 30 minutes and cover the crust edges with aluminum foil to prevent the crust from browning to quickly.   ( My crust didn't brown to quickly but the originally recipe makes a not to check this. ) Pie is down when a knife comes out clean.   Let cool completely before slicing.  Store pie in the refrigerator, tightly covered for up to 2 days. 

Why not end on a high note I say.  A cookie turned into the main dessert by secretly putting it into a pie shell.  Is it a pie, is it a cookie?  It's both!  Served warm, it is heaven.

MEG's RATING: D-EEEEE-LICIOUS!

The rest of the 12 Days of Cookies
1.   Lighter Stuffed Peanut Butter Cookies
2.   Guinness Chocolate Cookies
3.   Chocolate Mint Sandwich Cookies
4.   M&M Rice Krispie Cookies
5.   Florentines
6.   Red Velvet Blossoms
7.   Oatmeal Turtle Jumbles
8.   Rugelach Bars
9.   Chocolate Cherry Macaroons
10.  Maple Walnut Shortbread
11.  Chocolate Ferrero Rocher Cookies

I can't end my 12 days of Cookies with out a GIVEAWAY!   I did a little bit of searching and found these cute mini pans.   I also love pans that have the lift out the bottom and I will not lie I have bought a few for myself.   They are great for cupcakes, cheesecakes, brownies and for 2012 - portion controlling.

The winner will get 6 Baking Pans

• 2 - Square pans

 

• 2 - Mini round pans

• 2 - mini bundt/doughnut pans

How to enter : comment below telling me your favorite cookie from the 12 Days of Cookies.

For an additional entry join one of the following (you don't have to do all of them)

1) Become a blogger follower 

2) Follow me on Twitter - @Sweettwist_Meg and Tweet - " I want to bake something mini, so I entered the giveaway from @Sweettist_Meg"

3) Join my facebook group - Sweet Twist of Fate and Blogging
4) Send one of these pictures to pinterest.

Come back and let me know you did one of them. 

Entries will be accepted until noon on Monday Jan.2   Winner will be drawn using Random.org

Good Luck and thanks for following the 12 Days of Cookies.