Chocolate Chip Cookie Layer Cake
Description
This chocolate chip cookie layer cake recipe layers three freshly baked giant cookies with homemade chocolate frosting to create the cookie-cake.
Ingredients
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1 cup butter, softened
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1 cup brown sugar
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1 cup white sugar
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2 eggs
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 (12 ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips
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1/2 cup butter, melted
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1/3 cup milk
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 cups confectioners' sugar
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2/3 cup cocoa powder
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 large baking sheets; place one 10-inch round parchment paper on each baking sheet.
2
Beat 1 cup butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth; beat in eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt until just combined. Stir in flour until dough forms; fold in chocolate chips.
3
Divide dough into 3 equal parts; press 1 part onto each parchment paper round and shape into large cookies.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until cookies are brown and crisp around edges and set in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. Cool completely, about 1 hour; discard parchment paper.
5
Combine ½ cup melted butter, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a bowl. Whisk confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder together in a separate bowl until combined; beat in butter mixture until frosting is smooth and thick.
6
Set aside prettiest cookie round for top layer. Spread ½ frosting on 1 cookie round; top with 1 cookie round. Spread remaining ½ frosting on second cookie round; top with remaining (prettiest) 1 cookie round.