Do you remember cruising the mall, passing Mrs. Fields, and seeing their HUGE cookies with frosting in the display cases? I always thought it would be so cool to receive one of those.
So I decided to make my own cookie cake! Sometimes called a pizookie, because it’s baked like a big pizza cookie.
My version even has a fun Thanksgiving twist, so you can make it now and serve it alongside more traditional pie desserts.
Cookies beat pie every time I believe.
Making A Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie
What are the supplies needed to make this fun cookie cake? Here is what I grabbed to make this cute version.
- A heart-shaped Pizzokie Pizza Pan to bake my choc chip cookie in.
- Americolor food coloring for decorating, it truly is the best food coloring around!
Cookie Cake Recipe
Equipment
- Cookie pizza pan
- Parchment paper
- Non stick cooking spray
- Food coloring
- Piping bags
- Classic star frosting tips
Ingredients
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- 1 1/2 Sticks of butter softened
- 3/4 Cup Brown sugar
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 Tsp Vanilla
- 2 1/4 Cups Flour
- 1 1/4 Tsp Corn starch
- 1/4 Tsp Baking powder
- 1 Tsp Soda
- 1 Cup Chocolate chips
American Buttercream My go-to recipe is below
- 2 Sticks of butter Softened
- 4 Cups Powdered sugar
- 2 Tsp Vanilla extract
- 3 Tbls Milk
- 1 Tsp Salt
Instructions
Cookie Cake (Pizookie)
- Start by mixing up a batch of your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe, or grab a tube from the grocery store.
- Cream together the butter, brown sugar, sugar, vanilla, and eggs.
- Add the dry ingredients, and mix until combined. Mix in by hand, the chocolate chips.
- Prepare the cookie pan and fill your pizookie pan with dough.
- Bake the pizookie and 350 degrees, for 20 minutes.
American Buttercream Recipe
- In a stand mixer, mix the above ingredients until you get your desired consistency of frosting, adding more milk as needed.
- Separate the frosting and color it as you desire. The brighter the colors, the better.
Notes
- From trial and error, I learned to only fill the pan 1/2 way full! If you fill your pan with more, it will bake over the pan. To fill my pizookie pan, I break my cookie dough into pieces, and then press the pieces together, completely covering the bottom of the pan.
- When baking, you want to pull it out when the edges start to brown. Even if the middle doesn’t seem quite done, if the edges are starting to brown, pull it out. Nobody wants a dry cookie.
A quick recipe tip: When you prepare the pizookie pan. Trace the pan’s shape onto parchment paper, and spray around the edges of the pan with non-stick cooking spray. Then fill your pizookie pan with dough.
This will ensure your cookie comes out clean and in perfectly beautiful heart-shaped form.
Decorating Your Cookie Cake
Frosting tip: When it comes time to fill your piping bags, remember to add a coupler, unless you have multiple star tips. Makes the process so much easier!
Now, we are ready to pipe words onto our gigantic cookie cake.
Pipe a witty Thanksgiving saying, or a punny Thanksgiving pun on top of the pizookie.
I like to write my saying on the cookie first, using an edible marker.
The pie haters will probably be giving you big hugs because they are so appreciative of your anti-pie Thanksgiving treat. Who doesn’t like a delicious chocolate chip cookie?
Pie lovers AND pie haters will all line up to taste your tasty treat, but if you are still feeling inclined to provide the traditional dessert, try out my famous Piecaken recipe, which combines both sweet worlds. Or you can serve pie crust as cut mug toppers for after-dinner drinks.
Photography by Brie Zacher.