There is nothing in the world better than a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie, wouldn’t you agree? Ok, but wait — have you tried our cookie butter skillet cookie? It is next level delicious. You get all the benefits of a fresh-from-the-oven cookie with lots of crispy edges from cooking in a cast iron skillet, and thick, chewy center, but it’s served family-style!
The pièce de résistance is the drizzle of speculoos (aka cookie butter) over the whole thing as soon as it comes out of the oven! Add lots of chopped or shaved chocolate which will immediately melt into chocolatey goodness.
The only real question is whether you want to serve it on plates or dive head first into the speculoos cookie skillet while double fisting spoons. No judgment either way!
Ingredients For Cookie Butter Skillet Cookie
Really we’re grabbing everything we would need for a classic chocolate chip cookie, throwing it into a large cast iron skillet, and then drizzling it with melted speculoos. It’s as good as it sounds!
- All-purpose flour
- Kosher salt
- Unsalted butter
- Brown sugar
- Eggs
- Pure vanilla extract
- Cookie butter (speculoos)
- Chopped or shaved chocolate
Okay, let’s talk speculoos. There are so many varieties of cookie butter available on the market these days. Here are the major brands:
- Lotus (our favorite!)
- Trader Joe’s
- 365 (Whole Foods brand)
- Roland
- Even Walmart has their own cookie butter!
If you absolutely can’t get your hands on cookie butter, you can substitute peanut butter, almond butter, or sun butter. They definitely don’t have the same taste, but texturally they work great!
How To Make A Skillet Cookie
- Mix dry ingredients. In a small bowl, combine flour and salt, then set aside.
- Make brown butter. In a medium saucepan, add butter and melt over medium heat until butter is brown and nutty, about 4-5 minutes, swirling the pan every minute or so.
- Cream the sugar. Place brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment fitted. Pour browned butter on top, then mix until just combined. Let sit until butter has cooled completely, about 30 minutes. Once cool, beat the butter and brown sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Incorporate remaining wet ingredients. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, then add vanilla. Mix until just incorporated, then scrape down the sides again.
- Mix in dry ingredients. Add the flour to the stand mixer in 3 batches, mixing in each addition for about 5 seconds, and then scraping down the sides. The flour should just barely be mixed in. Pour cookie dough into prepared cast-iron pan, then smooth the top with a spatula.
- Melt speculoos. Heat cookie butter in a microwave safe bowl for about 20-30 seconds, just to loosen it up a bit. Spoon about ½ cup of the speculoos over the top of the cookie, then use the back of a knife to swirl it into the dough. Reserve the remaining ¼ cup of cookie butter.
- Bake the skillet cookie. Bake until the cookie is browned around the edges, but still a little soft in the center, about 18 minutes (I used a 12″ skillet — might take longer if using a smaller skillet as batter will be thicker!).
- Finish and serve. Drizzle remaining speculoos (reheat if necessary) all over the top, then mount the shaved chocolate directly in the center of the skillet cookie. Cut into wedges or eat directly out of skillet with spoons!
If you add the chocolate while the cookie is still warm (AND YOU SHOULD) it’ll be warm and melty by the time you and your friends dig in!
This cookie butter skillet cookie is a total crowd pleaser! Not sure we could ever love another cookie as much!
Crazy in love with cookie butter? Same! Def make sure to check out our speculoos cookies! And this cookie butter cake? Absolute dying to make it for our next special occasion treat!
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Cookie Butter Skillet Cookie Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp Kosher salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
- ¾ cup cookie butter divided
- ½ cup chocolate shaved
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a large cast iron skillet (mine is 12”) with cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine 2 cups flour and 1 ½ tsp salt, then set aside.
- Brown the butter. In a medium saucepan, add 1 cup butter and melt over medium heat until butter is brown and nutty, about 4-5 minutes, swirling the pan every minute or so.
- Cream the butter. Place 1 ½ cups brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment fitted. Pour browned butter on top, then mix until just combined. Let sit until butter has cooled completely, about 30 minutes. Once cool, beat the butter and brown sugar on medium high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down the sides as needed.
- Add remaining wet ingredients. Add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition, then add 1 Tbsp vanilla. Mix until just incorporated, then scrape down the sides again.
- Add dry ingredients. Add the flour to the stand mixer in 3 batches, mixing in each addition for about 5 seconds, and then scraping down the sides. The flour should just barely be mixed in. Pour cookie dough into prepared cast-iron pan, then smooth the top with a spatula.
- Melt speculoos. Heat ¾ cup cookie butter in a microwave safe bowl for about 20-30 seconds, just to loosen it up a bit. Spoon about ½ cup of the cookie butter over the top of the cookie, then use the back of a knife to swirl it into the dough. Reserve the remaining ¼ cup of cookie butter.
- Bake the skillet cookie. Bake until cookie is browned around the edges, but still a little soft in the center, about 18 minutes (I used a 12" skillet — might take longer if using a smaller skillet as batter will be thicker!).
- Finish and serve. Drizzle remaining cookie butter (reheat if necessary) over the top, then mount ½ cup shaved chocolate directly in the center. Cut into wedges or eat directly out of skillet with spoons!
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