Giant Cookie trial 1

Today's experiment is to make a giant chocolate chip cookie using a small cast iron pan.  When coupled with ice cream this dessert can be known by various trademarked names.  Whatever you call it, it's a giant cookie of joy.

For this trial I used my normal chocolate chip cookie recipe with no modifications.  Recipe here.  The only variables we are testing for in these trial is cooking conditions: time and temp.

Experimental Procedure:

I followed the normal recipe but put the cookie dough into a 7 inch (approx) cast iron pan.  Pan was filled 75% to allow room for the dough to rise during baking.  Oven was pre-heated to standard 350°^F

Results and Observations:

• Observations were made at 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes, and then I lost count during subsequent repeated short intervals.
• Trial will therefore need to be repeated to determine exact baking time.
• Edges of cookie baked significantly faster than center.
• Cookie almost overflowed pan

I have determined bake time is significantly greater than 20 minutes, probably around 30 minutes.  Next trial I will try reducing the oven temperature to 325°^f to slow the browning of the cookie's edge compared to the center.  I may try filling pan only 2/3 full to see this also reduces bake time.

Though the experiment is not yet conclusive, any endeavor resulting in eating warm chocolate chip cookie I count as a success.