Aug 06 2009
Homemade Cookie Cake – recipe – copycat
When I was visiting my mom in the US we took the opportunity to give my brother a belated birthday party. He loves cookie cakes, so my mom decided to try to make her own.
I think when I was younger one of these would cost about $30 at the mall, but for a fraction of the price, you can make it at home. My mom said she used the Nestle tollhouse recipe for bars, and we used the cream cheese frosting that she used on my baby shower cake.
She made the cookie cake on a round pizza stone that she had, but you can make this on any round pizza pan or into any other shape: rectangular, square, heart…etc.
All-in-all everyone loved it and it was hard to not keep sneaking pieces later on!
Cookie
Ingredients:
2 1/4 Cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 Cup Butter, softened (next time I will use 1.5 Cups)
3/4 Cup Sugar
3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
12-oz. Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 191°C (375°F).
Line a round pizza stone with parchment paper and make an edge/wall out of aluminum foil to all around the stone to keep the dough from spilling over the edge.
In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a large mixer bowl, beat the butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until it seems creamy. Beat-in the eggs. Then, gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Place the dough in the center of the stone, cover with plastic wrap and roll out the cookie dough with a rolling pin until the dough is evenly spread – keep it about 1-2 inches away from the edge.
Bake for about 20-25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely before decorating with frosting.
Frosting* (original recipe from AllRecipes.com)
Ingredients:
3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
1 (8 ounce) package Cream Cheese
1/2 Cup Butter, softened
1 1/4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Directions:
In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, cream cheese, butter, and vanilla. Beat until smooth in an electric mixer. Use to decorate cookie cake. Add food coloring if desired.
*This will make way way more frosting than you will need, but it freezes really well. Freeze in small portions in ziplock bags and defrost as needed a day ahead of time in the refrigerator.
I used to love these growing up!
I’ve always wanted to buy those cookies but didn’t want to cash out that much money. Now I can finally get one by baking my own. Great idea! Never thought to use a recipe for bar cookies.
I love love love cookie cakes! I ended up making one myself that looked like a 2 layer cake, after I realized I didn’t have a round pan big enough for something like yours.
Oddly enough my boyfriend’s name is David and I definitely should have made this for him for his birthday (with chocolate frosting).
Cookie cakes were a HUGE thing for us in college. Every occasion was celebrated with a cookie cake (especially in the sorority, haha). Frosting it is key!
oooh, I LOVE cookie cakes! I hate buying them because there’s always WAY too much frosting on them. This will make it better!
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Cookie cakes are awesome! In the old days, we used to have to choose between cookies and cake, or, if you are like my grandpa, you would just eat them both. But in today’s world of calorie counting and portion control, it’s nice to have one decadent dessert that tastes great and leaves you satisfied, like a big chocolate chip cookie cake.