The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake

Ingredients

• 2.25 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter , at room temperature
• 0.75 cups white sugar
• 0.75 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups milk chocolate chips , such as Guittard®
• 1 cup chopped pecans , Optional

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.

2. 2

   Stir flour, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl.

3. 3

   Beat butter, white sugar, and brown sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Beat eggs and vanilla into butter mixture until smooth.

4. 4

   Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture until just combined.

5. 5

   Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Spread cookie dough into the prepared pan.

6. 6

   Bake in the preheated oven until golden and the cake springs back when lightly pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool before cutting into 2-inch squares.