Get baking with the kids who'll love this giant cookie that they can adapt with their favourite treats like marshmallows, pretzels, nuts, toffee or fudge

• Preparation and cooking time
  • Prep:15 mins
  • Cook:20 mins
• Easy
• Serves 6 – 8

• Freezable (unbaked)

Ingredients

• 200g butter at room temperature, plus extra for the pan
• 250g light brown sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 275g plain flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 150g chocolate chips
• 100g other cookie fillings, such as pretzels, chopped nuts, pieces of fudge or toffee, marshmallows
• vanilla ice cream, to serve (optional)

Method

• STEP 1

  Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl, beat until combined, then stir in the yolks and vanilla. Tip in the flour, baking powder, chocolate chips, a pinch of sea salt and any other fillings you want to add. Mix until a crumbly dough forms.

• STEP 2

  Lightly butter a 25cm ovenproof frying pan. Spoon in and flatten the cookie mixture. For a gooey dessert, bake for 20 mins, leave to rest for 5 mins, then scoop straight from the pan and serve with ice cream, if you like. For a firmer cookie you can cut, bake for 30 mins, then leave to cool completely before cutting into wedges.