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one-pan dark chocolate chunk skillet cookie
For some reason, I was craving this on Saturday. Nothing else would do. All I wanted was a warm, gooey, chocolate chip cookie, straight out of an iron skillet. With just a little ice cream.
I flipped through a cookbook or two, and discovered you could make chocolate chip cookies with melted butter. One recipe (from The Weekend Baker
As this was a lazy Saturday, and my intent was only to satisfy my craving (not a den of Cub Scouts’ or a mob of preschoolers’), I exercised no financial caution and dumped an entire cup of chopped Valrhona chocolate into the mix. What resulted after baking was a cookie with a crispy outer shell on the top and bottom, and a soft center saturated with mini pools of flowing chocolate.
To make this, since it is such a simple recipe, use the very best ingredients you can. It’s very high in calories, so make each one count for something. You wouldn’t want to use crappy flour, or crappy margarine or fake vanilla. That would lessen the flavor, lessen the experience, and still make you fat. Best to use the best.
And then run a 5k. Well, you can. I hate running.
Now I know that most of you don’t have an enormous bar of Valrhona chocolate lying around. For me, it’s a tax write off (Tee hee hee. 
I know. Aren’t I lucky?). If I were to recommend another chocolate, I would go with what I’ve been recommending for years: Guittard semi-sweet chocolate chips. They’re the smoothest that I’ve tasted and use real vanilla. If you happen to be where only Ghirardelli chocolate chips are sold, you can get them, too—the chocolate just doesn’t flow very well in a cookie, and they have too fruity a taste for me (They make a beautiful ganache, though).
When you serve this, spoon it out as you would a warm cobbler, in great heaping spoonfuls, with a scoop of the very best vanilla ice cream.
To order the same Lodge Logic Skillet that I used, you can find it right here
one-pan dark chocolate chunk skillet cookie
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 egg
1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup chocolate chunks
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in an 8 inch cast iron skillet set over medium-low heat. Stir in sugars and vanilla and remove from heat. Let rest until pan is warm, but no longer very hot, about 5 minutes.
2. Crack an egg onto the butter and sugar mixture, and use a fork to whisk it well into the mixture. Place flour, baking soda, and salt on top, and very carefully stir into the mixture until smooth and well-mixed. Stir in chocolate chunks. Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes*, or until starting to turn golden on the top and around the edges, but soft in the center. Serve with vanilla ice cream.
* As many readers have pointed out, cooking time can vary greatly. When I doubled this recipe, for instance, I made it in a larger pan, and the cooking time was probably around 35 minutes. Also, it will depend on how hot your pan is when you put it in the oven, the size of it, and how well it conducts heat. When you’re making it, judge the cooking time according to the doneness of your preference. You may have to wait a little longer than the recipe says, but you won’t be sorry.
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Wowsers. Dangerous!
Oh. My.
That is all.
Oh my god! This looks amazing. I want to go out and buy a cast iron skillet right now, just so I can make this cookie. Kinda reminds me of the BJ’s pizookie. Thanks for sharing.
This looks amazing. Worth saving up calories for a week. Hmm…
I will be avoiding my scale this week – just because this looks irresistible!
Gosh, this looks delightful! Is it bad that I did not know that anything like this exists? A one pan cookie? Really
Oh my! That is my kind of dessert!
okay, this is a cool idea
Oh my – that is pretty darn amazing! Yummy idea!
wow, this looks amazing. I am going to have my kids try it.
Beautiful recipe. Looks delicious!
Oh heavens… I just have to make this. As soon as possible.
I have never in my life ever heard of of anything so wonderful. FEED ME!
I can imagine myself falling deeply in love with these cookies. They look like a better version of Mrs. Field’s cookies, which is saying something!
Simply put: You. are. brilliant.
My parents and I split something like this at a pizza restaurant in Phoenix. It was amazing — that perfect blend of crispy on the outside, and so, so ooey-gooey in the middle. Vanilla ice cream melting on top was almost too much, but we still finished it off in no time. Yours looks fantastic; especially in the photo sequencing!
Cheers,
*Heather*
Well, I know what we’re having for dessert tonight! This looks amazing!
molto originale questa ricetta, ciao
What a fun idea! I definitely need more recipes for my cast iron skillet!
Yum! Guess what I got for Christmas that I have been wondering what to do with? A cast iron skillet. It just found its new purpose in life! Thanks Jaime!
Oh my gawwwwd. Thsi is incredible!
Sinful to be sure!
Wow could get into serious trouble that looks so so so good.
I need to make this…that is all I can say. Wow!!!
This is in my oven right now! Cookies and only one dish to wash? I couldn’t resist! Can’t wait to try them…
This is the first time I really wanted to be able to dive into my computer. Sinful looking, but it’s got to be really worth it!
I think I need to make this… as soon as I have a normal-sized oven :/
Oh man, I’m going to dream about this until I make it.
This looks too good not to try!!!
This is seriously my idea of heaven! One huge chocolate chip cookie that you make directly in the pan, now that’s genius. I can’t wait to try this.
yum! i cant wait to try this!
I just made this and added toffee bits and dried cherries as well (just because I love them with the chocolate). Turned out very well, but I had to bake it about 10 minutes more because the center was still just gooey dough. That extra time did the trick, though, and this is completely delicious. Thanks for the idea!
Oh my goodness!!! Your pictures are making my mouth water!! And that it’s all made in the same pan you bake in…that makes it irresistible!! You’ve sold me. I’m making it! I’ll have my honey help me choose the chocolate in a few days when we go shopping. I’m hardly waiting!!!
Thanks for the great recipe! 
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This looks absolutely SINFULLY good.
Oh MY! This is the best GIANT chocolate chip cookie I have EVER seen!
omg. this is the best thing i’ve read all week. cannot WAIT to try this!
This looks delicious! I am a huge cookie fan!! Just need a heavy duty skillet now…
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So, I just read this because I was sent it by a friend immediately took out my mini cast-iron and made 1/4 size version for myself- it’s -4 degrees here in Colorado today- this is perfect!
Just made this. It took 35 minutes to cook and it was still ooey gooey in the center. I topped it with organic vanilla bean ice cream and I think I’m going to now waddle to bed.
Wow, so glad I found this- looks incredible!!
Made this on a “snow day” with the kids and we all loved it. My dh is not a dessert person but asked for a second serving
I don’t have a cast-iron skillet so I used my oven-friendly pan and it worked just as well. But the cooling time was shorter and the cooking time was longer (about 25 mins instead of 15 mins as in your recipe).
Thanks for sharing the recipe. It was delicious!!
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friend sent it to me this afternoon…showed my 13 yoa son (who is home with the flu) and he promptly said “that looks good mom, will you make it”
who could refuse him, right? lol
making it now
can’t wait to taste it!
OMG! This is the exact thing i’ve been craving for a week (ALL can be blamed on pregnancy of course, right?!). They have similar desserts at some restaurants nearby called “pazookies” it is basically the same thing… a chocolate chip cookie baked in a skillet and served hot and gooey w/ vanilla icecream, but i have to say.. this recipe looks KILLER! This may be way more worth my time to attempt this recipe at home to satisfy this craving! And worth every calorie! Thanks for posting!
Oh baby!
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