A Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie – the big kid alternative to birthday cake….
This is a relatively new favourite for birthday parties at my house. Up until last year, every time a birthday rolled around, my boys would pick the kind of cake they wanted (Sponge Bob, Hockey Rink, Fire Truck…you get the picture), and I’d rent a pan and spend hours mixing and colouring icing, squeezing stars and piping lines, and washing up icing bags, icing tips, and about a dozen bowls. Afterwards, my hands (and quite often, the counter and table would be stained with a lovely rainbow of gel colours. So I have to say, I was pretty much ecstatic when last year, Matthew said he wanted a giant chocolate chip pizza cookie. A cookie? Seriously? Sound the bells and bang the gongs! 10 minutes of “work”, and 1 bowl to wash up. Hah!! I was all over it. And Andrew, bless his little heart, wanted the same when his birthday rolled around 9 months later.
The recipe:
- 1 c butter, softened
- 3/4 c white sugar
- 3/4 c brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 & 1/4 cups flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 cups chocolate chips
In large bowl, beat butter, sugars and vanilla until soft and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Gradually add flour, salt, baking soda, and beat until well blended. Stir in Chocolate Chips. Spread it out on pizza stone or greased pizza pan. (leave a good inch or so around the edge of the pan as it will spread when it’s baking – last time, mine ran over the edge a bit, but I just took a sharp knife and went all around the outside of the stone to clean up the edge of the cookie).
Bake 375 for 20-25 mins.
Use pizza cutter to slice into 16 pieces.
