Grab an enormous glass of milk and enjoy a slice of this perfect giant cookie cake! Better yet, try it warm with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate chip, cookies, baking, dessert pizza, cookies
8ozbutteror use 4 oz butter and 1/2 cup shortening for 1 cup total
1cuppacked light brown sugar
1/2cupgranulated sugar
2large eggs
2tspvanilla
2cupssemi sweet regular or miniature size chocolate chips
1.5ozplain chocolate candiesone regular sized bag
Instructions
Preheat oven to 300° F. Line a 12 inch round pizza pan with a circle of parchment or non-stick foil.
Mix flour, baking soda and salt together; set aside.
Cream butter and both sugars by hand or with an electric mixer. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. When well mixed, add flour mixture and stir until blended. Fold in chocolate chips.
Put all the batter on the pan and press it into a circle. Stop the circle about 1 ½ from the rim if there are no raised edges. Press chocolate candies decoratively into top.
Bake on center rack for 32-35 minutes or until cookie is golden around edges and appears set.
Notes
Be sure to leave room at the edge of the pan for spreading (about 1")
Use parchment paper to line the pan for easy removal after baking
Store covered at room temperature
Reheat leftovers for a few seconds in the microwave-delicious!