Pizookie Recipe
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Pizookie Recipe
Description
This Pizookie Recipe begins with creaming together butter and sugar, then mixing in eggs and vanilla for moisture and flavor. The dry ingredients—flour, baking soda, and salt—are folded in to form a cookie dough, to which semisweet chocolate chips are added for sweetness and texture. The dough is spread evenly into a buttered 12-inch cast-iron skillet to ensure even baking.
Baking at 350°F until the top is golden and a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs creates a cookie that maintains a slightly gooey interior while developing a crispier edge. The use of a skillet retains heat well and gives the dessert a homestyle feel. The warm serving temperature enhances the soft texture and melty chocolate chips.
This dessert is best served warm, alone or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The recipe advises using salted butter for balanced flavor, but adjusting the salt if unsalted butter is used. Both light and dark brown sugars work well, affecting the depth of the caramel flavor.
Accurate flour measurement by weighing or properly spooning ensures the right dough consistency. Letting the butter mixture rest before adding eggs helps blend flavors. Baking time varies but typically ranges 30 to 40 minutes depending on oven and skillet heat retention.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 ¼ cups brown sugar packed
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 egg at room temperature, large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add butter to a 12-inch cast-iron skillet and melt the butter while the oven preheats.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- When butter is almost melted, carefully remove skillet from oven and whisk butter until completely melted.
- Pour the butter over the sugar mixture and whisk until well-combined.
- Let the butter mixture rest for 5 minutes.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla.
- Add flour, baking soda, and salt, and stir in just until combined.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread mixture into buttered skillet.
- Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs and the top is golden brown, about 30-40 minutes.
- Serve warm.
Notes
- Salted butter is recommended; if using unsalted, increase salt to 3/4 teaspoon.
- Light or dark brown sugar can be used; dark gives richer flavor.
- Measure flour accurately by weighing or spooning and leveling.
- Allow butter and sugar mixture to rest before adding eggs for better incorporation.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 10servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 696 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 696kcal | 35% |
| Carbohydrates | 94g | 31% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 20g | 100% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 9g | 45% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 103mg | 34% |
| Sodium | 489mg | 20% |
| Potassium | 238mg | 5% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 61g | 122% |
| Vitamin A | 780IU | 16% |
| Calcium | 62mg | 6% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.