Gooey Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

This giant, soft skillet-baked chocolate chip cookie is the ultimate indulgence for cookie lovers! And it makes more than enough to share. Top with vanilla ice cream for a truly decadent treat.

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie – This EASY soft, gooey skillet-baked cookie makes lots to share. Top with vanilla ice cream for a truly decadent treat! | thecomfortofcooking.com

I’ve made chocolate chip cookies into bars, flourless blondies, bakery style batches, and even microwaved them in a mug. However, I’ve never baked them this BIG. And since we’re in Texas, of course, everything is just a little bigger. So, you know I need to represent.

I have cooked a lot of savory scrumptiousness in this pan, but this is the first time I’ve ever skillet-baked a sweet! And it turned out amazingly good. And soft. And gooey. Oh, the gooiness.

I apologize in advance to your New Year resolutions.


Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie – This EASY soft, gooey skillet-baked cookie makes lots to share. Top with vanilla ice cream for a truly decadent treat! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie – This EASY soft, gooey skillet-baked cookie makes lots to share. Top with vanilla ice cream for a truly decadent treat! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Using a batch of my best-ever chocolate chip cookie dough, this golden brown skillet cookie couldn’t have been simpler. I just greased my pan well, spread out the dough (pinching off a bit for taste-testing, naturally), and slid it into a hot oven. Just 30 minutes later, it was ready for devouring with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and my cookie-lovin’ partner in crime.

This skillet cookie is outrageously good (and did I mention soft and gooey?), and since it requires no cookie scooping, super quick to assemble! For a fun weekend project, potluck parties, girls’ night in or any occasion, you’re going to love this chocolate chip cookie in a pan.

We sure did!

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie – This EASY soft, gooey skillet-baked cookie makes lots to share. Top with vanilla ice cream for a truly decadent treat! | thecomfortofcooking.com

Gooey Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Gooey Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

Yield: 8 wedges / 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup 1 stick + 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup semisweet or milk chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a separate large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla extract. Add flour mixture, mixing until completely combined. Do not over-mix. Fold in chocolate chips.
  4. Transfer dough to a 10-inch ovenproof skillet. Press to flatten, covering bottom of pan. Bake until edges are brown and top is golden, about 30 minutes. Don't overbake; it will continue to cook a few minutes out of the oven.
  5. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for 15 to 20 minutes. Cut into 8 wedges. Serve warm.
  6. Enjoy!

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  1. This looks so good and it’s bitterly cold here today making this would just be perfect. I. have the butter softening as I type this. Thanks so much for this yummy desert recipe!!

  2. Holy yum! That is all ;-)

  3. YUM! I want to eat this whole thing right now!

  4. Lucky for me, one of my resolutions was to make more cookies!

  5. Thank you for still posting desserts when others are posting kale salads. This looks delicious.
    C.

  6. Mega-cookie!
    This looks delicious :D And what a lovely way to share cookies with someone without having to get…y’know…less. I hope you have a lovely evening xx

  7. I have never made a skillet cookie and boy do I want one now after seeing this post. So yummy!

  8. My New Year’s resolution is to make a big o’ skillet cookie now that I’ve seen this!

  9. Yes, bigger is better! This is one epic skillet cookie. Pinned.

  10. Such a chewy and yummy looking cookie! Definitely dangerous :)

  11. This looks amazing. As a choc chip cookie fiend this is most def on my list of recipes to try!! Not sure, but you may want to revise the line about liming a baking sheet with parchment paper…..there’s no baking sheet involved right?

  12. Any recipe with the word gooey in it gets my attention front and center. Love this!

  13. Oops, you’re right! Thanks for catching that!

  14. I’m adding this to my New Year’s resolution – “must make soon”.

  15. Yay! A E-Book! So exciting!!!

    And omigosh THIS SKILLET COOKIE. You’re a meaaaan mean woman taunting me with this! *drooool*

  16. denverdiner says:

    What would the adjustments would be necessary to make this recipe at al
    elevation of 5280?

  17. Sorry, I’m not familiar enough with high elevation baking to make recommendations for different baking times.

  18. 5 stars
    I love making this! But how do I get it to look as smooth as it appears in the picture???

  19. I pressed the batter evenly all over the pan, which I suppose is how it looks so smooth!

  20. 5 stars
    i give it a try today and all my family loved it ! big thanks to you
    but i wonder if it suppose to fall down from the middle when its out of the often ?
    and really really gooey inside ?
    because i felt it wasn’t perfectly cooked Although it’s got brown very well !
    what do you think ?

  21. You can certainly keep baking the cookie covered with foil if it seems underdone or too gooey. I would recommend baking for 5 more minutes at a time, covered, until it reaches your desired doneness.

  22. 5 stars
    I made this tonight for the first time. I followed your recipe exactly as you listed it. My hubby and I totally SUPER DUPER LOVED IT!!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe with the universe!! :o)

  23. i want to make this, but i do not have cornstarch.. is there anything i can substitute??

  24. I would recommend getting cornstarch, if you can. I have only ever made the recipe as written, so cannot advise on substitutes.

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