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Christmas cookie cake decorated to look like a wreath

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Christmas Cookie Cake (Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake Recipe)

Recipe by Rose Atwater

This Christmas Cookie Cake is the perfect dessert for your holiday parties! Everybody loves a chocolate chip cookie and this Christmas Wreath cake is delicious and festive! It’s perfect for kids and adults and screams, “Merry Christmas!!”

  • Total Time35 minutes
  • Yield8 slices 1x

Ingredients

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Cookie Dough

  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 3/4 cup unsalted melted butter (1 1/2 sticks)
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup Christmas sprinkles
  • 12 oz white chocolate chips
  • 1 3/4 cups unbleached flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp finely ground sea salt
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch

Frosting Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp butter, softened (I prefer salted butter, but you could use unsalted)
  • 1/2 cup Crisco (vegetable shortening)
  • 2 pounds powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup of milk (2 tablespoons of heavy cream + 2 tablespoons of water)
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/2 tablespoon vanilla Extract
  • 2 tablespoons hot water
  • Green and Red Gel Food Coloring

Decorations for the Cookie Cake

 
  • Red and green frosting
  • Red sour candy tape
  • White pearl sprinkles (optional)

Instructions

Cookie Dough

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a springform pan. Line with parchment paper for extra insurance that the cake won’t stick.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the eggs, melted butter, vanilla extract, and brown sugar.
  3. Add the remaining dry ingredients (flour, cornstarch, salt, and baking soda). Mix until a dough forms.
  4. Fold sprinkles and chocolate chips into the cookie batter.
  5. Transfer the dough to the prepared springform pan, spreading it evenly with a rubber spatula. Press the remaining chips into the top of the cake to make I look really fancy and pretty.
  6. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Let it cool completely.on a wire rack.

While the cake is baking, make the cookie frosting! Or use tubes of premade… you do you!

Copycat Great American Cookie Frosting

  1. In a separate bowl, cream the softened butter and shortening together until smooth and creamy
  2. When the frosting is completely smooth, add in the milk, powdered sugar, pinch of salt, and vanilla extract. Mix until completely combined.
  3. Add the hot water and mix until smooth.
  4. Divide and color 1 1/2 cups of the frosting green and 1/2 cup red. Use a few drops of coloring at a time until you reach the desired color. Don’t forget that buttercream color takes time to fully develop

Decorating the Cake

 

  1. Once the cookie cake has cooled, use a star tip to pipe green frosting around the edge, creating a wreath shape.
  2. Pipe small red circles on the green frosting to resemble holly berries.
  3. Tie a bow using red sour candy tape and place it at the base of the wreath.
  4. Finish by sprinkling white sugar pearls over the top.

Equipment

Notes

Pro Tips

  • No Springform Pan? You can use a 10-inch pizza pan (or round 10-inch cookie sheet), a 10-inch round cake pan, or even an 8×10 baking sheet – but it’ll be a rectangular wreath 😉 You can pretty much make this giant cookie in any baking pan you have that’s close to the same size as the pan I used and you’ll still end up with a very festive cake!
  • No Sticking! For easy removal, line whichever pan you choose with parchment paper as extra insurance against your cookie cake sticking and not popping out of the pan easily.
  • Make it look like it came from a bakery! A trick that bakeries use to make their cookies look so mouth-watering is to place chocolate chips (or M&M’s or whatever) on top of the cake (before baking). So if you want to do this, mix a cup of chocolate chips into the cookie batter, then press the remaining chips into the top of the cookie dough to make I look really fancy and pretty!
  • No Springform Pan? You can use a 10-inch pizza pan (or round 10-inch cookie sheet), a 10-inch round cake pan, or even an 8×10 baking sheet – but it’ll be a rectangular wreath 😉 You can pretty much make this giant cookie in any baking pan you have that’s close to the same size as the pan I used and you’ll still end up with a very festive cake!
  • No Sticking! For easy removal, line whichever pan you choose with parchment paper as extra insurance against your cookie cake sticking and not popping out of the pan easily.
  • Make it look like it came from a bakery! A trick that bakeries use to make their cookies look so mouth-watering is to place chocolate chips (or M&M’s or whatever) on top of the cake (before baking). So if you want to do this, mix a cup of chocolate chips into the cookie batter, then press the remaining chips into the top of the cookie dough to make I look really fancy and pretty!
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 25
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Find it online: https://rosebakes.com/christmas-cookie-cake-chocolate-chip-cookie-cake-recipe/

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