Pizookie Recipe: How to Make a Big Cast Iron Cookie

I grew up loving to bake but I do not like making batches or cookies. I want to make my dessert, throw it in the oven, and be done. That’s why this Easy Pizookie Recipe is PERFECT. It’s got the ooey gooey delicious center, and there’s no need to make batches and batches of cookies. Grab your ingredients, throw them in the cast iron, and in the oven it goes. Top with ice cream, and you’ve got a new favorite dessert. For more dessert recipes, check out my From Scratch Dessert Collection.

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What is a Pizookie?

A pizookie is a delicious and giant cookie that has a gooey center (if that’s what you like!) And it’s cut like a pizza so it’s a pizza-cookie…a PIZOOKIE

What You’ll Need:

• 10-inch cast iron skillet
• Butter—1 cup of butter. If you want to control the amount of salt in your recipe, use unsalted butter.
• Sugars—1/2 cup organic raw sugar and 1 cup of brown sugar, which you can make yourself in 2 minutes with 2 ingredients! I love combining both types of sugar, especially in cookie recipes.
• Eggs—Room temperature eggs help your cookie dough come together better, bake more evenly, and result in a delicious, chewy texture.
• Vanilla—Use 2 tsp of vanilla. You’ll get bonus points if you make your own vanilla as well.
• All-Purpose Flour—2 1/2 cups of organic, unbleached flour is my favorite kind to use.
• Baking Soda—1 tsp of baking soda will help your picookie rise, and develop that perfect texture and golden-brown color.
• Salt—1 tsp for a perfectly salty pizookie recipe.
• Semisweet or Milk Chocolate Chips—1 1/4 cups of chocolate chips plus a few more if you want to put them on top. I prefer milk chocolate, but semi-sweet is delicious too and will help balance out the sweet flavor.
• Vanilla Ice Cream—Optional for serving on top of your pizookie! You can also add drizzled chocolate or caramel, whipped cream, etc. Get creative!

How to Make the Perfect Pizookie Recipe in a Cast Iron Skillet

Melt the butter right in your cast iron over medium-low heat. This is perfect for melting butter as well as greasing the cast iron without getting another bowl dirty and avoiding using the microwave.

Preheat the oven to 325ºF.

Pour the melted butter into a mixing bowl (or if you want to mix your ingredients in the cast iron, you can do that too!). Add sugar and brown sugar. Combine and then allow to cool slightly before mixing in the eggs and vanilla. Stir until everything in incorporated.

Add flour, salt, and baking soda to the wet ingredients and stir until everything is well combined. Fold in the delicious chocolate chips.

Put the cookie dough into the prepared cast iron and spread it out evenly. Bake for about 30 minutes. Check after 25 minutes for the doneness you desire in the middle. The longer it bakes, the more it will be cooked in the middle. The edges should be golden brown.

Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, add some ice cream, and enjoy!

How to Serve the Pizookie & Different Variations

If you can stand to wait for the pizookie to cool off, serve with:

• ice cream
• whipped cream
• chocolate syrup
• caramel syrup
• pecans

This pizookie recipe is a basic one with only chocolate chips but there are so many variations you can try! Add M&M’s, Reese’s Pieces, or chopped Reese’s Cups, yum!

FAQs

Pizookie / Big Cast Iron Cookie Cake

This Easy Pizookie Recipe features a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie baked to perfection in a cast iron skillet. With its crispy edges and soft, chewy center, it's the ultimate dessert for sharing. Topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and your favorite toppings, this decadent treat is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth! Perfect for a fun family dessert or a special occasion, this giant cookie is a crowd-pleaser everyone will love.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Servings 8

Equipment

• 10 inch Cast Iron

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 large eggs at room temperature
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups semisweet or milk chocolate chips
• vanilla ice cream optional for serving

Instructions

 

• Melt butter in cast iron over medium-low heat. This works to melt the butter as well as grease the cast iron.
• Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
• Pour the melted butter into a mixing bowl. Add sugar and brown sugar. Combine and then allow to cool before mixing in the eggs and vanilla.
• Add flour, salt, and baking soda to the wet ingredients and stir until everything is incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Put the cookie dough into the prepared cast iron and spread it out so it is even. Bake for about 30 minutes. Check after 25 minutes for the doneness you desire. The longer it cooks, the more it will be cooked in the middle. The edges should be golden brown.
• Allow to cool for about 10 minutes, add some ice cream, and enjoy!