From the author, Honor: This sweet treat is almost a cross between a cookie and a pie. The cast iron pan gives the edges and top a nice, crisp crust and the interior stays a bit soft and chewy.
Would be extra decadent served with a scoop of non-dairy ice cream!
If you don't have a cast iron pan, you could use another round or spring-form baking pan with a diameter of 10". Be sure to grease the pan and/or line it well with parchment paper.
From Plant-Based on a Budget: This vegan skillet chocolate chip cookie recipe (aka a snookie/pizookie/ frying pan cookie) bakes a giant 10-inch cookie in a cast-iron pan, combining crispy edges and light crust with a soft, chewy, gooey interior. Serve this vegan skillet cookie up alone or with a scoop of non-dairy ice cream for a decadent sweet treat!
If you have yet to try a skillet chocolate chip cookie, I recommend changing that right now! Not only does this large 10-inch cast-iron cookie skillet look incredibly decadent, but it tastes ah-mazing and is so easy to make too - with no rolling, scooping, or batch cooking necessary! All you need is 8 ingredients, one bowl (two max), and just minutes of prep time. Plus, there’s no worrying about cookies spreading too much and becoming too crispy, not crispy enough, too flat, etc. This cast iron cookie skillet is the ultimate fool-proof vegan chocolate chip cookie!
Best of all, by using a combination of sugar and molasses (or brown sugar), this cast-iron cookie recipe yields a wonderfully soft, moist interior, dotted throughout with chocolate chips for a chocolatey treat. It’s pure cookie perfection!
Are you looking for more vegan chocolate-chip treats? You might like these soft chocolate chip cookies or pumpkin chocolate chip cookies!
A cast-iron cookie skillet (aka a skookie/frying pan cookie) is a cookie baked in a cast-iron pan rather than scooped into individual vegan chocolate chip cookies. The result is a single giant cookie somewhere between a cookie and a pie. The outside is crisp with a tender, gooey middle and chewier edges, so no matter which type of cookies you love, you’re covered!
Similarly, a ‘pizookie’ is a cookie baked in a deep-dish pizza pan (and served with ice cream) - invented by the US chain BJ’s restaurants. Other than the baking dish used, though, the two are basically the same dessert, so feel free to adapt this vegan skillet cookie into a homemade pizookie, too!
The beginning of this cast iron cookie skillet recipe is very similar to any other cookie;
First, allow the skookie to cool entirely before removing it from the pan and storing it in an airtight container for up to a week. You can also freeze the deep dish cookie for up to two months, wrapped tightly.
To reheat it, place it back in the skillet, covered in foil, and bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes or until warm. For smaller portions, you can heat in the microwave in 15-second increments until warmed (this shouldn’t take long at all!).
Photos by Alfonso Revilla
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