Pizookie®

How to Make a Pizookie

Our easy skillet cookie is a cinch to make. Here’s how to make one in your kitchen. Refer to the recipe below for all the details for how to make your skillet cookie turn out perfectly every time.

Prep the Pan

Spray a 10-inch ovenproof skillet with cooking spray. We prefer a regular skillet to get a cookie with a perfect ratio of crispy edges to soft center. You could make a cast iron cookie skillet by using a 10-inch cast iron skillet, but start checking the cookie after it’s baked about 15 minutes. The thick cast iron can crisp up the sides and bottom of the cookie more quickly than if baked in a regular skillet.

Mix and Press the Dough

Mix the cookie dough, softened butter, and a large egg. Press the dough evenly in the bottom of the skillet, using your clean hands or a rubber spatula.

Bake and Top with Ice Cream

Bake the cookie just until the edges are light golden brown by starting with the minimum time and adding an additional minute or two, if it’s needed. The hot sides and bottom of the skillet will continue to bake the cookie once it’s out of the oven. It’s all about keeping the center soft, so it’s important not to over bake the cookie.

Cool and Dig In

Place the skillet on a cooling rack to allow air flow around the entire skillet. This helps cool the bottom of the pan, so the bottom of the cookie won’t overbake. Use a table knife to cut the warm, cookie into wedges—a more serious knife isn’t needed. Serve with ice cream and spoons--you’ll want to get every bite of the melty ice cream and warm, gooey cookie!

Pizookie Ingredients

This delicious dessert only uses 4 ingredients, making it simple to whip up anytime you’re in the mood:

Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix: Our easy Pizookie recipe starts with this fan-favorite mix. Its homemade flavor and aroma while baking delivers chocolate chip cookie joy in one pouch. And it saves time and work verves making the cookie from scratch. 

Butter: For the best results and a rich, buttery flavor, use only the real deal here—no butter substitutes. It should be softened so that a finger will leave an indentation when pressed lightly into it, but not so soft that any of it is melted. How do you achieve this important balance? Let your stick of butter sit out at room temperature for about 1/2 hour before using it. Or for quicker softening, take it out of its wrapper and place on a microwavable plate. Microwave it on Very Low (20%) for 1 minute.

Egg: A large egg is the size you want to use. Most people buy large eggs, anyways, so you’re probably all set. The protein in the egg adds structure and lift to the cookie dough, while the fat in the yolk helps ensure a tender cookie texture.

Ice Cream: The classic combination is vanilla ice cream with a wedge of the warm chocolate chip cookie. It’s like enjoying warm-from-the-oven cookies with a glass of milk—only better. Somehow, the contrast of the cold ice cream with the warm cookie makes for an even more comforting eating experience. And it doesn’t hurt that the melty ice cream acts like a rich and creamy sauce over the warm cookie. It’s bliss in every spoonful.

Pizookie Toppings and Variations

Want to customize your pizookie? Check out all these sweet ways you can make it your own:

Swap the Ice Cream

Rather than use vanilla ice cream, double the cookie pleasure by serving your cookie with cookie dough or chocolate chip ice cream! Or choose an ice cream with pieces of your favorite candy in it. You could even try a different ice cream each time you make this recipe, using a seasonal favorite like pumpkin in the fall or peppermint stick during the holidays.

Add an Indulgent Layer

After topping your skillet cookie with ice cream, why stop there? Add a drizzle of hot fudge or caramel topping over the ice cream. You could even add some chopped up candy bars, nuts, or toffee bits. Take it into sundae territory with a squirt of whipped cream from an aerosol can and a maraschino cherry on top.

More Yummy Pizookies

If you love peanut butter cups, you’ll go crazy for this Peanut Butter Cup Cookie Skillet. Peanut butter cookie mix, cocktail peanuts and mini peanut butter cups make this pizookie irresistible.

Storing and Reheating a Pizookie

Nothing beats the flavor of freshly-baked cookies, but if you have leftovers, you can store them to enjoy at a later time.

Room Temperature or Fridge Storage: Wrap the cooled baked cookie wedges tightly with plastic wrap and store at room temperature up to 2 days. Or place the wrapped cookie wedges in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.

Freezer Storage: Freezer storage isn’t recommended as the cookie will lose flavor during the freeze and thaw steps.

Reheating Directions: Unwrap a cookie wedge and place it on a microwavable plate. Cover it loosely and microwave on Medium (50%) for 30 seconds to 1 minute or just until warmed through. Top with ice cream and serve.

More Cookie Recipes

Cookies have to be one of the top types of recipes we love to create in the Betty Crocker Kitchens. They fill the air with amazing aromas and always bring smiles to those that are tasting them! Try any of these recipes from our list of top-rated cookie recipes:

Cake Mix Chocolate Cookies: Also made with a mix, these fudgy chocolate crinkle cookies start with Devil's Food Cake Mix.

Peanut Butter Cookies: Soft and chewy with crispy edges, homey peanut butter cookies are always welcomed in a lunch bag or as an afterschool treat.

Oatmeal-Chocolate Chip Cookies: Also a chocolate chip cookie but with the chewy goodness of oats.

Pumpkin-Pecan Spice Cookies: Moist and full of fall flavor, these scratch pumpkin cookies are topped with a white chocolate drizzle for a scrumptious cookie no one can pass up.