Retirement Cookie

My Dad finally retired recently from his own biz. That's misleading- he will be finishing up things for awhile, but we celebrated with him close to his "official" retirement date- which was also his birthday. That weekend we also celebrated Easter and my nephew Daniel's birthday. Busy party!

Anyway, I decided to make Dad a giant chocolate chip cookie since it's his favorite. There was also going to be an ice cream cake so I wasn't worried about getting everything else written on there, ha ha. :)

I wanted to get some appropriate decoration on there- his biz logo is a palm tree. I decided to do 2 since there would need to be a hammock to metaphorically represent rest. Even doing that little bit of frosting with piping bags was hard on my hands- I don't know how the pros do it. Kudos to you.

That's how much counter space I have. Seriously.

Things I learned:
• Make a regular batch of cookie dough
(maybe don't use entire batch- freeze up a good 1/4 or 1/3. I ended up having to cook for 10+ minutes longer and it spilled over the edge a bit. Be sure to put down tin foil or another pan to catch spill over)
• Roll out on pizza pan or sheet pan
• 300 degrees for 20-25 minutes (or longer if need be-look for browning edges)
• Let set for 5-10 minutes after baking