I love taking a traditional dessert like chocolate chip cookies and adding a little twist that makes it even easier to bake (like cooking it in a skillet). I did something similar when I took this chocolate cake recipe and turned it into a mug cake, and turned my favorite sugar cookies into bars.
On nights when my sweet tooth kicks in (ok, who am I kidding, that happens every night) one of my FAVORITE easy dessert recipes is this skillet cookie.
What I LOVE about this recipe:
Bake it in any oven-safe pan. If you don’t have a cast iron skillet, no problem. The cookie dough can be baked in a regular oven-safe skillet (they just wont have the same crisp exterior that the cast iron pan bakes). EASY! No scooping, no rolling out 2 dozen cookies, and no waiting to bake multiple batches. Just one giant cookie, that you can dig right into or cut into wedges and serve. How easy is that? Crispy and chewy. The heavy cast iron skillet bakes the cookies into total “crispy on the outside, soft on the inside” perfection.
How to Make a Skillet Cookie:
Make the cookie dough.
Press dough into a cast iron skillet. You could also use a regular, oven-safe skillet if you don’t own a cast iron.
Bake at 325 degrees F.
Serve. If you ordered a skillet cookie from a restaurant they would bring it out in the skillet, with ice cream scoops on top, and spoons for everyone to dig in! If you’re not comfortable all digging into the same pan, you can cut the cookie and serve individual portions with ice cream on top (and a swirl of chocolate or caramel sauce, if you’re feeling really fancy). You may never go back to plain chocolate chip cookies ever again!
Adaptations:
Mini skillet cookie: Use a smaller, oven-safe pan or ramekins to make mini skillet cookies. Reduce the bake time. Vary the chips: Substitute white chocolate or butterscotch chocolate chips. I like to add a little milk chocolate AND semi-sweet chocolate chips to my cookie dough. Sometimes I’ll add them in different sizes too, like mini chocolate chips or chocolate chunks. Add nuts. Add chopped walnuts or pecans. Blondie skillet cookies: Use my triple chip blondie cookie dough. Peanut butter skillet cookies Add a big spoonful of peanut butter into your cookie dough or make peanut butter cooke dough. Chocolate skillet cookies. Use my chocolate cookie dough.
MAKE AHEAD AND FREEZING INSTRUCTIONS: To make ahead: The cookie dough can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator for 1-2 days or frozen for 2-3 months. To freeze: Allow the skillet cookie to cool completely and slice into wedges. Store wedges in air-tight freezer container for 2-3 months.
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