Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie

Ingredients

• Vegetable oil spray
• 1 cup (5 ounces) all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup packed (3 1/2 ounces) dark brown sugar
• 1/4 cup (1 3/4 ounces) sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (3 ounces) chocolate chips

Instructions

1. 1Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 350°F. Spray inside bottom and sides of 9-inch springform pan with vegetable oil spray.
2. 2In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
3. 3In a large bowl, whisk melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar until well combined. Add egg and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
4. 4Add flour mixture to butter mixture and use a rubber spatula to stir until just combined and no dry flour is visible, about 1 minute. Add chocolate chips and stir until evenly distributed.
5. 5Use a rubber spatula to scrape cookie dough into greased springform pan and spread dough into even layer covering bottom of pan.
6. 6Place springform pan in oven and bake until cookie is golden brown and edges are set, 18 to 22 minutes.
7. 7Use oven mitts to remove springform pan from oven. Place springform pan on cooling rack and let cookie cool in pan for 30 minutes.
8. 8Run a butter knife around inside edge of springform pan to loosen edges of cookie from pan. Unlock and remove side of pan. Use icing spatula or wide metal spatula to loosen bottom of cookie from pan and transfer cookie to cutting board. Cut cookie into wedges and serve warm.