My kids love this variation on a big chocolate chip cookie. I make a batch of toll house dough, spread it into two 8″ pans, and bake it. You can decorate them individually and have two cookie cakes, or you can smear icing between the layers and stack them up. When I have time or inclination, I fancy up the icing on the sides and top.

In the case of this less-than-aesthetic-masterpiece, it was all about the comfort food. We were snowed in with company and I needed something easy and sweet. The cookie cakes were still warm when I stacked them up and cut pizzas-shaped wedges. It was half gone already when I took this picture!

The cookie cake is a great choice for a birthday party or a Saturday afternoon snowstorm.