The recipe for the giant choc chip cookie kept coming back on a Facebook cooking group. So I gave it a go. The recipe is from a French blogger Claire au Matcha.
Of course, this is very successful with children! Imagine, a giant cookie! I must say the first time I baked it I was quite excited also.
Ingredients:
For the giant choc chip cookie you will need a cake tin 20 cm wide, buttered and floured.
- 180 g of plain flour
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 180 g of brown sugar
- 120 g of soft butter (must be soft, not melted). Apparently, you could also use margarine according to the initial author.
- 1 pinch of salt (omit if using salted butter)
- 1 egg
- 80 g of dark chocolate chopped in 1/2 cm pieces
- For the top, 100 g of milk chocolate chopped into pieces (you can use dark chocolate if you prefer)
Note: I find the recipe a bit too sweet as such, bring the sugar down to 160 g or use dark chocolate which is not as sweet
Method
- Butter and flour the baking tin
- Preheat the oven to 180°C
- Cream together the soft butter and brown sugar, add the egg and mix well
- Add together the flour, salt, baking powder and 80 g of chocolate. Mix only until combined. The dough is rather compact, don’t worry.
- Transfer the dough into the tin and spread. Place the 100 g of chocolate over the top and gently push down a bit.
- Bake for 25 min or until golden brown (like a cookie).
- Turn over on a cooling rack, then on a dish.
