From Cafe Winberie, Oak Park
Makes 9 servings
2 eggs
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup walnut pieces
1 cup chocolate chips, divided
1 (9-inch) unbaked deep-dish pie shell
1. Beat eggs with an electric mixer at high speed for 3 minutes. Stop mixer and add flour, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Beat at high speed for 3 minutes. Stop mixer again and scrape down the beaters and the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
2. Add butter. Beat at high speed for 3 minutes. Again turn mixer off and scrape beaters and bowl. Then beat again at high speed for 2 minutes.
3. Fold in walnuts and half of the chocolate chips by hand.
4. Pour batter into pie shell, spreading it evenly to the edges. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
5. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean, about 70 minutes.
6. Let cool completely on a wire rack before slicing.
Note: You'll need the patience of a saint, but wait until the pie has completely cooled before serving. It crumbles when sliced warm.