“It was the hugest cookie I’ve ever seen! It was huge in diameter, it was huge in width, it was HUGE!” —Samantha, recipe tester, age 11
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Adjust oven rack to upper-middle position and heat oven to 375 degrees. Spray inside bottom and sides of 9-inch springform pan with vegetable oil spray.
In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.
In large bowl, whisk melted butter, brown sugar, and sugar until well combined. Add egg and vanilla and whisk until smooth.
Add flour mixture to butter mixture and use rubber spatula to stir until just combined and no dry flour is visible, about 1 minute. Add chocolate chips and stir until evenly distributed.
Use rubber spatula to scrape cookie dough into greased springform pan and spread dough into even layer covering bottom of pan.
To ensure uniformly baked cookie, spread and press dough into even layer covering bottom of pan.
Place springform pan in oven and bake until cookie is golden brown and edges are set, 18 to 22 minutes.