Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 2/3 cup white sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
• frosting:
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease a 10 1/2x15 1/2-inch baking pan and line with waxed paper.
• beat 1 cup butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth. mix 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and salt into creamed butter mixture. gradually stir flour into creamed butter until just incorporated; fold 1 cup chocolate chips into batter. spread batter into the prepared pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on the edges, 20 to 25 minutes. remove from oven and cool completely.
• melt remaining 1 cup chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over simmering water, stirring frequently and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula to avoid scorching. beat confectioners' sugar and 3/4 cup butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth; add melted chocolate and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and mix until frosting is smooth. spread frosting over cooled cookie cake.