Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Updated Feb. 9, 2024

- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 35 minutes
- Rating
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Ingredients
- 8tablespoons/113 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½cup/110 grams packed dark brown sugar
- ½cup/100 grams granulated sugar
- 1large egg
- 1tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1½cups/192 grams all-purpose flour
- ¾teaspoon baking soda
- ¾teaspoon kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
- 1cup/140 grams chopped semi-sweet chocolate
- 1cup/96 grams whole walnut halves or walnut pieces
Preparation
- Step 1
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer on medium, combine the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar and beat until smooth and creamy, about 1 minute. Add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.
- Step 2
Add the flour, baking soda and salt to the butter mixture and mix until just combined. Mix in the chocolate and the walnut halves.
- Step 3
Spread the batter evenly in a 12-inch oven-safe skillet. It will be thin. Bake until golden brown and set but still slightly gooey in the center, 20 to 22 minutes. Let stand for at least 5 minutes before serving warm or at room temperature. The cookie is best the day it’s made, but leftovers will last, well-wrapped, up to 3 days at room temperature.
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Wife of a professional blacksmith here, with a PSA from the professionals: you don't need to fuss so much over your cast iron (or carbon steel) pans. That's actually part of what makes them so great. If you are concerned about tastes and oils from what was last in the pan (makes sense!), wash it with soap like you would any other pan, then yeah, throw some oil in there and fry up some potatoes (or something else with mild/no flavor) to re-season. Cast iron was meant to be flexible, not fussy!
I make just a few substitutions. I use my meatloaf recipe but I change my meat for flour and butter. I change my onions for chocolate chips. I change my barbecue sauce for vanilla extract. Oh, but I do keep the eggs lol.
Easy, tasty. I used a 10 inch springform pan instead of my cast iron skillet and it worked fine. (Left out the nuts...)
Having new friends over, and I burned the cherry pie. A total cliche. This thing saved my butt. So easy. So delicious. Only had chocolate chips on hand and no nuts - still amazing. Plopped some vanilla ice cream on top (and some sprinkles because why the heck not?), and it was better than anything else I could have made. Both the kids and big kids were delighted. Can’t wait to make it again.
Delicious! A really lovely texture, great flavor. I generously salted it with a vanilla salt mix I had from Oaktown spice shop, to great effect. I’ll definitely make it again!
I came here from the "24 Recipes That Are Perfect for Camping" article. See link here: https://daily4you.info/article/camping-recipes-food-ideas%3C/a%3E How do you convert this recipe to cooking over a grill or fire? What adjustments are required? What is a suggested cooking time? If anyone has any insights please let me know. Would love to try this over a campfire!