chocolate chip cookie layer cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 (12 ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips
• frosting:
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 45 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease 3 large baking sheets. cut three 10-inch rounds of parchment paper and set each round on each baking sheet.
• beat 1 cup butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy and smooth. mix eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, baking soda, and salt into creamed butter until just combined; stir in flour until dough is just combined. fold chocolate chips into dough.
• divide dough into 3 parts; press 1 part each parchment round.
• bake in the preheated oven until cookie rounds are browned and crisp around the edges and set in the middle, 15 to 20 minutes. remove from oven and cool completely.
• stir melted butter, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a bowl. beat confectioners' sugar and cocoa powder together in a separate bowl until evenly combined. beat butter mixture into cocoa mixture until frosting is smooth and thickened.
• peel parchment paper off the bottom of each cookie round. set aside the prettiest round to be used for the top layer. spread 1/2 the frosting 1 cookie round and top with a second cookie round. spread remaining frosting second cookie round and top with the third cookie round.