Super Easy Double Chocolate Skillet Cookie

What’s super easy to whip up, tastes delicious, and makes a chocolate lover like me weak at the knees? Yep, you’ve got it! Here’s my double chocolate skillet cookie recipe. Crispy on the outside with a gooey chocolate fudgy center, just the way I like my skillet cookies to be!

Someone posed the question on my Insta this week, Is there a better use for a skillet than a giant skillet cookie? I definitely sit in the “no there isn’t” group, so here you have my idea of the perfect Saturday night easy dessert when you just really want dessert, but don’t want to spend an hour in the kitchen making it!

Here’s why you’ll love this chocolate chip skillet cookie recipe

I’ll repeat, It’s super easy. We’re talking 10 minutes in the stand mixer to make the cookie dough and 35 minutes in the oven. 

Just pop the cast iron pan in the center of the table and let everyone help themselves. Add a few scoops of vanilla ice cream and it’s basically a party!

Nothing hard to get just, simple ingredients from your local supermarket or good food store.

It’s a giant warm cookie… what’s not to love?!

What you need to get started

• Unsalted butter at room temperature. Always unsalted butter when I’m baking as it makes it easier to control the salt amount in recipes.
  
  
• Pantry staples – White sugar & brown sugar, all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder.
  
  
• Eggs, at room temperature
  
  
• Dutch cocoa powder
  
  
• Sea salt flakes – I use Murray River salt flakes. Maldon is my second choice.
  
  
• Pure vanilla extract
  
  
• Good quality dark chocolate chips. Callebeaut 54% couverture is my go-to when I’m wanting to bake the best chocolate chip cookie.
  
  
• Walnuts, roughly chopped

The nitty gritty

1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Grease an enamel cast iron skillet with butter and set aside.
   
   
2. In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients, except sugars in a bowl. Give it a quick whisk to combine and pop aside.
   
   
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle beater, cream the butter & sugars for 2 minutes on medium speed till combined. Add eggs one at a time and the vanilla extract. Beat well after each addition.
   
   
4. Add the flour mixture one cup at a time, mixing well after each addition. On low speed, add chocolate chips and chopped walnuts. Lightly mix (about 20 seconds should do it). If you are using a hand mixer, mix the chocolate chips and walnuts in manually with a wooden spoon.
   
   
5. Press the cookie dough mixture into an even layer in the buttered skillet. Pop into the preheated oven and bake for 35 minutes until you’ve got crispy edges and a gooey center.
   
   
6. Serve with a few scoops of ice cream and a few spoons!

Equipment

I bake this skillet cookie in my Le Creuset 23cm / 9-inch cast-iron skillet. A 26cm / 10-inch skillet will also work too.  

You will also need a stand mixer, mixing bowl, measuring utensils, spatula, and pastry brush to butter the skillet.

Ok, let’s take this up a notch…

Along with a scoop if ice cream, make your own hot fudge sauce by melting chocolate and adding a little cream. You could even spike it with your favorite spirit!

Instead of a giant chocolate chip cookie, why not fancy it up with individual skillet cookies instead?! Just be sure to adjust the cooking time.

Mix up the flavors by adding a caramel sauce or better yet, dollops of dulce de leche.

Swap out some of the dark chocolate chips for white chocolate chunks to give a bit of a mixture of chocolate flavors.

Add a little flaky sea salt to the finished cookie to enhance the flavor of your skillet cookie.

Storage

Store any leftovers in an airtight container for up to 3 days. Although the cookie dough only takes 10 minutes to whip up, if you are really short on time, the dough can easily be made the day before and stored in the fridge in a sealed container.

Here are a few more skillet desserts you might like…

• Quick & Easy Skillet Apple & Pecan Cobbler
• Apple and Blackberry Crumble
• Baked Apple and Pecan French Toast Pudding
• Apple and Walnut ANZAC Crumble

Happy Baking

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