Do you want to knock the sock off your kids or hubby, this is a great way to surprise someone. Because who is ever expecting a cookie this big? My hubby sure was not. He has been doing such amazing work with his Chico State finales that I just had to surprise him. And yeah you could say he was surprise. He was red in the face and laughing. And why for the life of me I didn't take pictures of the process.
Things you need:
Large size parchment paper.
16 inch pizza pan.
Non stick spray.
Pencil
11 inch plate.
Scissors
big bowl for mixing.
Plastic spatula
INGREDIENTS:
3 Medium Avocados or 2 Large. (Ripe, but not mussy)
4 Table spoons of butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
4 Teaspoons baking soda.
2 Table spoons Mayonnaise
1 Bag of Chocolate chips. (I used one) but if you want to make it more chocolatey use two.
4 cups of flour (about)
METHOD OF PREPARATION:
Tear off a really piece of parchment that is bigger than 11 inches. Put on the cutting board and place the 11 inch plate face down on it and trace around it with the pencil. Now very with the scissors do not cut on the line, but rather leave a two inch space as you cut the excess parchment paper off.
Put the parchment paper on the pizza pan and spray with non stick.
FIRST: MIX (I like to use my metal spatula that flexes, stiff ones don't work well.)
Cream the butter and Avocados in a bowl with your weapon of choice, when it is thoroughly mix together creamed add the white sugar, brown sugar, baking soda and mayonnaise incorporate well. Then mix in the bag of chocolate chips.
SECOND: Mixing in flour
Now add a cup at a time of flour and mix it in. Keep on doing this with the flour so you don't overwhelm the batter. The batter should be very moist and slightly sticky. If you add too much flour it will overwhelm the batter and your cookies will turn into hard lumps. This is why you add a little at a time to the batter. One way to tell if the batter is good is as you mix it. You can check it by digging in to the batter and if you get a big chuck of it to stick to the spoon when you lifting it up and it does not fall off it's ready. It should be slightly sticky enough to stick to the spoon, but not enough to fall off. And you still should have to coat your hands in flour to keep the batter from sticking to your hands.
THIRD: SHAPING.
Grab the pizza pan with the round parchment paper stencil on it. Pour out the cookie dough on to the parchment paper. Note you do not need to hit that line exactly, I didn't, it is just a guide. Flatten out the dough with floured fingers and use a plastic spatula and presses it down and spread it out on the parchment paper. The cookie should be about 1 inch thick or less, about too your fist knuckle on your index finger, the on right behind your nail. Don't count your nail if their long. Keep flattening it out. I left about another two inch space from the line. Next use the plastic spatula to press the edges of the cookie flat. Keep working around, if you need to add more dough to fill in gaps. You should have a good amount of dough left over for making the other cookies to top it. When you done you should have a ll inch side cookie.
Next: Make four regular size cookies. Lightly flour the cutting board and press the cookies out and then press on at the top, bottom and put to at each side. Just press them in gently. Now make even smaller cookies and press them out and fill the spaces between the medium cookies. Don't worry about over laping. And last but least make even smaller cookies flatten out and top the smaller cookies. I have a total of 16 cookies on top of the large cookie. You don't have to be prefect, just slap them on.
FOURTH: BAKING : Take care and keep watch because not all ovens are alike.
Bake at 375 to 400 for 45 to 50 minutes. When it is golden or you see golden areas on the edges of the cookies on top.
CAREFULLY:
Have a good size strong cookie rack ready. Remove cookie from oven and slide on to cookie rack. Pull on the parchment paper to help slide it. As soon as the pizza pan is cool enough to touch, use the parchment paper to pull the cookie half way on the the pizza pan, then very carefully remove the parchment paper and return to rack. Let cool for at least 25 minutes, before you try to slide it on to a plate.
Have fun surprising someone you love. :) And make sure their is enough milk.
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