Double Chocolate Skillet Cookie – The Almond Eater

March 13, 2023

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The one factor higher than chocolate cookies is that this Double Chocolate Skillet Cookie! It is a big chocolate cookie that is made in a forged iron skillet and loaded with chocolate chips, pretzels and topped with vanilla ice cream, actually making it the most effective dessert recipe.

chocolate cookie in a skillet topped with vanilla ice cream

Who does not desire a big cookie for dessert? This Double Chocolate Skillet Cookie is unquestionably the best way to go the subsequent time you are craving chocolate.

This recipe is calmly impressed by my no bake pretzel bars, that are certainly one of my favourite salty-sweet treats. This cookie skillet is richer, and extra on the candy aspect of issues, however with pretzels and chocolate chips all through for added texture and taste.

Recipe options

A wealthy skillet cookie that simply so occurs to be vegan-friendly (however you’d by no means comprehend it!)
Loaded with each chocolate chips and pretzels for a salty-sweet dessert
A heat chocolate cookie made even higher when topped with a scoop (or two!) of vanilla ice cream

Elements

This listing highlights just a few of the primary components; the total ingredient listing is beneath within the recipe card.

Flour – I examined this cookie utilizing all objective flour, so I like to recommend utilizing that or gluten free 1:1 baking flour.

Cocoa powder – No substitutes!

Butter – Can use common butter or dairy-free butter to maintain this vegan if you would like

Sugar – A mixture of cane sugar (granulated sugar) and light-weight brown sugar works effectively right here.

Flax eggs – I opted to make use of flax eggs to maintain this vegan. To make flax eggs, merely whisk 2 tablespoons of floor flaxseed with 5 tablespoons of water and let the combination sit for 5-10 minutes. When you’re not vegan, you utilize use common eggs as a substitute!

Vanilla extract – No substitution.

Chocolate chips – Ideally semi-sweet or darkish chocolate chips, or chocolate chunks will work as effectively.

Pretzels – Optionally available, however add a pleasant texture and a little bit of saltiness to this in any other case wealthy recipe

Directions

Step 1: Combine dry components. In a medium bowl, stir the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt collectively and put aside.

Step 2: Whisk moist components. In a separate giant bowl, cream the butter, brown sugar and cane sugar collectively, then add the flax eggs (or common eggs) and vanilla and stir to mix.

two images: on the left is flour and cocoa powder mixed together and on the right is creamed butter and sugar

Step 3: Add melted chocolate. In a microwave-safe bowl (or in a small saucepan), soften the chocolate chips and coconut oil collectively till easy, stirring each 30 seconds. Add the melted chocolate to the bowl with the butter and sugar and stir.

Step 4: Mix. Pour the dry components into the moist components and stir collectively. The batter will likely be thick and that is okay! Final, stir within the chocolate chips and pretzels by hand.

two images: on the left is chocolate batter in a mixing bowl and on the right is chocolate cookie dough with chopped chocolate and pretzels

Step 5: Bake. Scoop the cookie dough right into a greased forged iron skillet (or different oven-safe skillet), utilizing your fingers or a wood spoon to press it down. Sprinkle the cookie with extra chocolate chips and pretzel items and bake it for 22-26 minutes. Prime the nice and cozy cookie with a scoop of ice cream and revel in!

two images: on the left is chocolate cookie dough in a cast iron skillet and on the right is a baked chocolate cookie in a cast iron skillet

Suggestions and FAQs

Season your forged iron: What does this imply? Seasoning it forward of time ensures nothing will stick with it. In case your forged iron is not already seasoned, spray it with a little bit nonstick spray, or rub it with a little bit of impartial oil (like avocado oil)
Take away the cookie from the oven as quickly because it appears to be like barely set: The cookie will proceed to bake within the scorching forged iron even as soon as it is faraway from the oven, and we need to make sure the cookie is not over-baked

Substitutions:

Can use coconut sugar as a substitute of brown sugar to lighten this up
To make this vegan, use flax eggs, vegan butter and dairy-free chocolate chips
This could even be scrumptious served with a drizzle of peanut butter overtop

Can this be made forward of time?

Yep! Merely prep the dough as instructed, then retailer the dough in a sealed container within the fridge for as much as 2 days. Then, when you’re able to bake, press the dough into your forged iron skillet and bake as instructed.

What are another add-ins I might embody on this skillet cookie?

So many choices! You possibly can add just a few tablespoons of peanut butter (or any nut butter), M&M’s, white chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, chocolate sprinkles, or perhaps a drizzle of my wholesome caramel sauce overtop of the baked cookie.

Storage

Room temperature: Await the cookie to chill, then switch something that hasn’t already been eaten to an hermetic container and retailer it at room temperature for as much as 2 days.

Fridge: When you’ve already added ice cream, retailer leftovers in a container within the fridge for as much as 4 days.

close up of two spoons digging into a chocolate skillet cookie with vanilla ice cream

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