Skillet Brownie Cookie

There’s all kinds of reasons to make this Skillet Brownie Cookie. Outside of the obvious fact that it’s a mashup of two of the greatest things you can do with flour and chocolate, it’s also a cure all for just about everything. If you’re a 12 year old girl and the mean girls are swarming like mosquitos, this is a fix. (Warning: For parent’s who don’t yet have tweens, some times the mean girl is the one you never expected!) If the report card was something you could basically frame, this is the reward. If the Winter doldrums have got you down, this is the pick-me-up. And if you still haven’t found a Valentine’s gesture that let’s your sweetheart know you love them to the moon and back about a trillion times, this is the gift. 

We talk frequently here on the blog about our dinner strategy called Half Homemade–when you spruce up a store bought, pre-made food item with some pantry staples creating an easy dinner. However, dinner isn’t the only meal that makes this strategy sing. We added a brownie box mix (select your favourite) to our skillet cookie dough to create dessert nirvana. (Note: If you’re using the cookie dough alone, reduce the cooking time to about 20 minutes.) I love this cookie dough because it yields a crispy outside but moist centre that has a density that can teeter between a blondie and a slightly under baked cookie. I made the decision to not use one of our own brownie recipes, not because they’re not fudge and yummy, but because I wanted less effort to yield way more goodness. Also, I’m just going to be honest, sometimes there is nothing better than brownies from a dang box.

Whatever the reason you need to make this dessert, we hope it delivers the intended result of the widest smiles all around.