posted by Jennifer on cookies, party food!, Snacks

I have Heidi from 101 cookbooks to thank for this recipe. She made this recipe for chocolate chip cookies in a skillet and it was a huge time saver for me over the weekend. I volunteered to make cookies for Claire’s Halloween party at school AND I had to make something for a cooking contest at work. I loved this recipe because it takes just a few minutes to put together and then you just put it in a cast iron skillet and bake for 35-40 minutes and that’s it. You need to put butter on the bottom and sides and it comes out super easy, then you just cut them up into pieces.

Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookies Adapted from Heidi at 101 Cookbooks

3 cups / 13.5 oz / 380 g whole-wheat flour (I used all purpose flour)
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoon fine grain sea salt

8 ounces / 225 g (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, plus more for buttering the pan

1 cup / 5 oz / 140 g dark brown sugar ( I used light brown sugar)
1 cup / 7 oz / 200 g sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

8 ounces / 225 g bittersweet chocolate, roughly chopped into 1/4- and 1/2-inch pieces (I used chocolate chips – about 1/2 cup)

Add the sugars and butter and cream for a few minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix together. Add the rest of the ingredients. This batter is super fluffy and yummy!

Coat a cast iron skillet with butter and pour the batter into the skillet and press down so it reaches the sides of the skillet.

Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes – mine took 40 minutes. Take out and cool completely.

I just put a plate over the skillet once it was completely cooled and flipped it over and it came out very easily. Then just cut them up into pieces. Claire said her whole class loved them.

Come back tomorrow and I’ll show you the pictures of the Halloween cooking contest at my office. I sadly did not win, but it was really fun!

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On another note, who watched Biggest Loser last night? I thought this episode was the best one so far. I always think it is funny that people get so bent out of shape when they have to switch teams, switch trainers, etc.. I want to shout at the TV “Have you not watched Biggest Loser before?” They always change something around!

Some of the contestants were sobbing because they couldn’t have Bob as a trainer or they weren’t working out with a former teammate. I especially felt bad for Anna because going in with her new team they were COMPLETELY against her. They didn’t even want to have anything to do with her. But I think she did the right thing by saying don’t get too dependent on a certain person or trainer to help you lose weight – in the end its all up to you anyway.

After the week Anna’s team lost the most weight – a few lost 15 & 16 pounds and another lost 11 pounds – in week 7!!! They did awesome.

Do you have a favorite contestant so far??

Tags: chocolate chip cookies, kid friendly, quick dessert, skillet cookies