Bribe My Niece to Like Me Pie
From the Kitchen of: Ellen O’Neill
Ingredients:
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1 cup chocolate chips
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1 unbaked 9 inch pie shell (I lie and say it’s baked from scratch)
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2 large eggs
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½ cup flour
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½ cup white sugar
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½ cup brown sugar
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¾ cup butter
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1 cup nuts (optional)
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350°.
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Beat eggs until foamy. Mix in flour, white sugar + brown sugar.
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Beat in that butter!
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Add choc. (and nuts-pecans or walnuts).
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Spoon into a shell.
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Bake for 55-60 min.
- Before presenting it to surly teenage niece, dust face w/ flour + tell her it “took all day, but for her it’s worth it!”
The A.R.T. Community Cookbook is a collection of pie recipes contributed by A.R.T. patrons, staff, and fans during the run of Waitress. Recipes collected as a part of the Waitress Lobby Experience and via Instagram.
Also check out Behind the Counter, an oral history project featuring photos and interviews from people working in diners and restaurants around Greater Boston.
Jenna is a waitress and expert pie maker, is stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. Her customers, co-workers, and the town’s handsome new doctor all offer her conflicting recipes for happiness—but Jenna ultimately has to decide for herself. This poignant and uplifting new musical celebrates friendship, motherhood, and the courage it takes to pluck a long abandoned dream off the shelf. Waitress is a new musical directed by Diane Paulus, featuring music and lyrics by Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles.
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