Cookie Cake Pie!

Ah the mythical Cookie Cake Pie.  I first spotted this on thisiswhyyourfat.com (which it seems has been shut down or something).  When I first stumbled upon the Cookie Cake Pie I sent a link to Jordan, who immediately recognized the importance of trying this first hand.  Combining two awesome things together always has positive results.  Ligers anyone? Imagine combining THREE awesome things together...the possibilities!

Sadly, some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth.  Finally the myth of the cookie cake pie passed from our memories.

Until the most unlikely of things happened.  Jordan decided to go to work on his birthday, leaving me to scheme in the kitchen!  I worked diligently to make the cookie cake pie made, which unfortunately is rather complicated.  No-brainer really, you have to make a pie, a cake, and cookies.

Wanting to make this process easier, I talked myself into some things.  First, I've been told over and over again, store bought pie crust is just as good as homemade.  I decided to agree with this statement.  Next, this cookie cake pie is all about being over the top and borderline trashy, not elegant...so a funfetti cake would not only be excusable, it was a necessity.  Finally, I couldn't rationalize making my own frosting, not when there is a can in the baking isle that comes with sprinkles (another necessity of this cake).  I then guilted myself into making the cookie dough from scratch as a way to justify the other shortcuts. 

So I surprised him for his birthday.  The cookie cake pie was actually kind of amazing.  It was an entire sugar over load, but it was delicious.  I will make it again, hands down.

 Cookie Cake Pie

• 1 pie crust (store bought or your own)
• 1 cake's worth of batter (I went with funfetti boxed cake prepared per box instructions)
• 1 batch of chocolate chip cookie dough
• frosting for one cake
• sprinkles

1. Preheat your oven to 350 F
2. Press pie crust into a pie plate (you can blind bake but I didn't find it necessary)
3. Press about 1/3 to 1/2  of the cookie dough into the pie crust, I came up about half way up the pie plate.
4. Pour in prepared cake batter, on mine it came slight over the crust.  Next time I'll probably use less cake mix.  You will have some left over
5. Bake at 350 for about 35-40 minutes.  My oven runs cooler than it should, so start checking it at 30 or so minutes to see if yours cooks faster.  Cookie Cake Pie is done when you insert a clean toothpick in the middle of the cake and it comes out clean.
6. Cool completely, frost, and then prepare to blow your friends' minds!

Idea and recipe adapted from thisiswhyyourfat.com which posted from cakespy.com.

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