Copycat Chocolate Chip Pizookie

 BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse is famous
for their Pizookie cookie desserts ~ Other
popular restaurants also offer skillet cookies
~ Now you can make them at home. 😍

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup packed brown sugar

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

2 eggs

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

mini 5 inch skillet(s)

vanilla ice cream

chocolate or caramel syrup (optional)

Method:

Preheat oven to 400*. Lightly grease 1 to 6 mini 5 inch cast iron skillets.*

Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl, beat together the sugars, butter and vanilla until well blended and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition to mix in.

Gradually mix in the flour until blended. Stir in the chocolate chips. Divide the dough evenly into 6 large balls. (a little more than 7 ounces each)

Pat the dough into the prepared skillets.** Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Lightly cover with foil after 12 minutes to prevent over browning.

Serve warm with a scoop of ice cream. If desired, garnish with a drizzle chocolate or caramel sauce. (I use Torani syrup.)

*If you do not have a mini cast iron skillet, a mini non-stick skillet may be used instead. Lightly grease with butter and/or place a circle of parchment paper in the bottom. After the pizookie is baked, tranfer to a serving dish. If you are using a plastic spoon, you can serve the pizookie in the non-stick skillet. 

**If you do not need 6 cookies, bake how many you need and wrap the remaining dough balls in plastic wrap or ziploc freezer bags. Store the unused dough in the refrigerator or freezer.

Notes: I haven't met anyone who doesn't like a pizookie ~ One person can eat their own, but they are rich, so two people may decide to share one. 😍