Chocolate Chip Walnut Skillet Cookie
on Jan 31, 2014, Updated Jul 08, 2023
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The dough for a chocolate chip walnut skillet cookie can be made in advance. Then baked during dinner and served it warm for dessert with ice cream.
We are spoiled with dining options in our neighborhood.
That’s one of the joys of city living that makes sacrificing space worth it.
I love having so many options of things to do just right outside.
Food choices of all cuisines, ethnicities and styles bombard us as we open our front door.
They include two barbecue spots that are favorites of my husband and son.
Deciding between them can be tough, but it’s actually dessert that influences our pick.
We don’t always have room to finish off the meal with something sweet, but when we do, there is one thing that we love to order.
It’s a warm chocolate chip cookie baked in a mini cast iron skillet.
Cookies straight from the oven are impossible to resist.
This one is topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream perfectly sized for the table.
How can you resist that!?
Make The Dough In Advance
Skillet cookies are great at home, too. I love serving a chocolate chip walnut skillet cookie to a group of friends or family after dinner.
Most of the time my entertaining is pretty casual, so a big cookie to share makes sense.
You can make the dough in advance and just pop the skillet in the oven when you’re nearing the end of dinner.
It’s so much easier than portioning out dough onto sheet pans and rotating them in and out of the oven.
How To Make A Chocolate Chip Walnut Skillet Cookie
To prepare the chocolate chip walnut skillet cookie dough, I combine the dry ingredients in a bowl. They include flour, baking soda and sea salt.
Then with an electric mixer I beat the butter and sugars together until they are light and fluffy. After that, I mix in the eggs and vanilla extract.
Next the dry ingredients go into the wet ingredients.
Finally, I fold in bittersweet and milk chocolate chips and walnuts.
The cookie finishes baking in about 18-20 minutes.
When that oversized, fresh-baked cookie is brought to the table, there are always plenty of oohs. Everyone’s excited to dig into a slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Chocolate Chip Walnut Skillet Cookie
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- Vanilla ice cream for serving
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients mixing until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Spread the dough in a 10-inch cast iron skillet. Bake for 18-20 minutes until the cookie is golden brown. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
