Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
Ingredients
- 2 ½ call-purpose flour
- 2 tspbaking powder
- 1 tspbaking soda
- ½ tspsalt
- 1 cunsalted butter
- 1 cpacked brown sugar
- ½ csugar
- 1 largeegg
- 2 largeegg yolks
- 3 tspvanilla extract
- 10 ozchocolate chips
milk or semi-sweet, your choice!
- flaked salt
for topping
Directions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- 2
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, soda, and salt.
- 3
Heat an oven safe (preferably cast iron!) 12-inch skillet over low heat. Let the skillet heat up for 5 minutes. Add the butter and let it melt completely. Stir in the sugars with a wooden spoon. Turn off the heat under the skillet. You MUST turn off the heat! You can also remove the skillet from the burner if you wish.
- 4
Whisk together the egg and egg yolks in a bowl. Add it to the skillet sugar mixture and mix in right away with a spoon, quickly mixing so the eggs don’t cook from the heat. Stir in the vanilla extract.
- 5
Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined. This will take a minute or two and the mixture will be thick, but they will mix in! You can wipe the top of the skillet or the sides with a damp paper towel to remove excess flour.
- 6
Stir in the chocolate chips. Bake the skillet cook for 20 to 25 minutes, or until it’s mostly set in the center. Top with flaked sea salt.
- 7
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie
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About this Recipe
Craving that irresistible combination of warm, gooey chocolate and chewy cookie goodness, all in one impressive dessert? This Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie delivers an utterly delicious experience, perfect for sharing right from the pan.
Why This Recipe Works
This recipe shines because it transforms a classic into a showstopping dessert. Baking it in a skillet ensures a beautifully soft, gooey center while developing slightly crisp edges. The generous amount of chocolate chips, combined with the rich butter and sugars, creates that deeply satisfying flavor profile that makes it absolutely delicious, elevated further by a sprinkle of flaked salt for balance.
What to Expect
You're in for a treat with this skillet cookie. Imagine a warm, thick cookie with a melt-in-your-mouth texture that’s wonderfully chewy, studded throughout with luscious pools of melted chocolate, whether you choose milk or semi-sweet. The aroma alone will draw everyone to the kitchen! It's a comforting dessert that feels both rustic and incredibly decadent, designed for indulgence.
Customization & Variations
The beauty of this skillet cookie lies in its simplicity, but you have choices to tailor it to your preference. You can easily select between milk chocolate chips for a sweeter, creamier experience or semi-sweet chocolate chips for a classic, balanced bitterness. For a touch of elegant contrast, ensure you don't skip the flaked salt topping.
This Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie is made for sharing. Serve it warm, straight from the skillet, with generous scoops of vanilla ice cream for the ultimate dessert experience. The cool, creamy ice cream melting over the warm cookie is pure bliss.