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Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookie Recipe

It’s official.

Taylor is a skillet cookie FIEND. Addict. Junkie. Totally and completely obsessed.

When I mentioned the idea of doing some sort of chocolate almond cookie or skillet cookie, he immediately began campaigning for a skillet version. And by campaigning I mean not-so-subtly whispering “skillet cookie” over my shoulder every few hours until I got the hint.

Spoiler: I got the hint.

While such subliminal messaging techniques are arguably less-than-subliminal, I obliged, embracing his request for something other than plain-ass chocolate cake for once.

I can’t say why a skillet cookie is so much better than a regular cookie, but it’s the truth. Maybe it’s the heft of the skillet or the extra crisp cookie edges or the near-molten center or the fact that you have no choice but to eat it warm right out of the oven or… ok, I take that back, I guess I do know why a skillet cookie is so much better.

Inspired by the classic ice cream flavor, this cookie features an almost brownie-like chocolate base studded with chocolate chunks, slivered almonds, and gooey marshmallows. I topped them with a few more marshmallows (that come out perfectly toasted) and a pinch of sea salt (my secret weapon for pretty much every sweet treat these days).

Chocolate Rocky Road Skillet Cookie Recipe

To me, the closer a cookie is to its cookie dough form, the better, so I intentionally left the center particularly gooey on this one. It’s almost like a warm molten lava cake, but with delightfully crisp edges that you crunchy cookie lovers will go ga-ga over. I’m 100% on team gooey, but if you prefer your cookies more done in the center, just cook them a few minutes longer.

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies - Before & After

Unlike my earlier recipe for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookies, I made this batch in larger 6-inch skillets, one of which will serve 2-4 people (depending on if your crowd is made up of more Taylors or more Lindsays). For perspective, one 6-inch skillet is about the equivalent of 4 mini skillets (of which Taylor could easily eat two). Use a large cookie scoop to portion out about 2 oz of dough per mini skillet, and 4 scoops (approximately 8-9 ounces of dough) per 6-inch skillet.

I would not, however, recommend making this in a larger 9 or 10-inch skillet. While one batch of dough would fill it almost perfectly, the marshmallows tend to dissolve/explode/disintegrate after about 20 minutes in the oven, and a big skillet would definitely take longer than 20 minutes to fully bake. For that reason, the smaller skillets work best for this recipe (and as of yet I have not tried this recipe sans-skillets, but I assume it’d spread/ooze too much without the edges of the skillet to contain it.)

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies made with White Lily® Premium Almond Flour Blend

This recipe is made using White Lily®’s Premium Wheat & Almond Flour Blend. It’s not straight up almond flour (which can be hard to bake with since it doesn’t contain any gluten… and gluten is what typically gives a cookie it’s structure and chew). The beauty of this flour blend is it can be substituted cup for cup for All-Purpose flour without aversely affecting the results (and the same is true in reverse, of course, you can certainly use standard AP flour in this recipe). You can find White Lily® Wheat & Almond Flour blend in stores now in select states or online at smucker.com.

Dark and Fudgy Rocky Road Skillet Cookies with chocoalte chips, marshmallows, and almonds

Also good to note is that, while these cookies are best enjoyed warm right out of the oven, this recipe is a great make-ahead option. You can either freeze balls of dough for later use (just plop the frozen dough balls right into the skillet and bake as instructed, adding 2-4 minutes or so to the final bake time) or you can bake the cookies as instructed, taking them out 1-2 minutes before they are done to your liking. Let cool, and cover and refrigerate if it’ll be more than an hour or two before you serve them. Then, just before serving, pop them in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes or until warmed through. They are just as good reheated as freshly baked.

Happy husband tip #42: Always have a bag of frozen dough balls stashed in the freezer so he can bake up a fresh, personal sized cookie whenever the craving hits. He may even bake up one for you too. And let me tell you, having your husband deliver a warm, freshly baked skillet to you when you’re curled up on the couch reading a book, well, let’s just say that life is very, very good.

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies

Molten Rocky Road Skillet Cookies

These molten chocolate rocky road skillet cookies are crispy on the edges and soft and gooey in the middle. Studded with chocolate chips, slivered almonds, and mini marshmallows, dig in!

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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup White Lily® Wheat & Almond Flour Blend*
  • 1/4 cup dark or dutch-processed cocoa powder
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips or chunks
  • 1/2 cup slivered almonds
  • 1/2 cup mini marshmallows, plus a few more for topping
  • flake sea salt, such as Maldon, for topping (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter 8 individual 3.5-inch cast iron skillets or 2 6-inch skillets and arrange on a baking sheet.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder until evenly distributed. Set aside.
  3. In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in egg and vanilla, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add dry ingredients and mix until just incorporated. Stir in chocolate chunks and almonds, then fold in mini marshmallows.
  4. Divide dough among skillets. You’ll want approximately 2 tablespoons or 1 3/4 ounces of dough per mini skillet, or about 8 ounces of dough per 6-inch skillet. Pre-measured balls of dough can also be frozen on a lined cookie sheet until frozen solid, then transferred to a zip top bag for later use.
  5. Top with a few more chocolate chunks, almonds, marshmallows and a sprinkle of flake salt (if desired). Bake for 18 to 20 minutes for 6-inch skillets or 14 to 16 minutes for 3.5-inch skillets, or until edges are golden and center is just set but not overcooked. If you like your cookies more on the done side, cook for a few minutes longer. Add 1-2 minutes of cook time if cooking dough from frozen (do not thaw first).
  6. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving warm.

*White Lily Wheat & Almond Blend is a mix of both wheat and almond flours. If you can’t find it, substitute all-purpose flour, or use a mix of mostly all-purpose with a little almond flour for flavor and texture.

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16 Comments

  1. I love how you’ve thought about the crispy sides of the cookie browning in the skillet and now I can see why it can take 20 minutes in a restaurant to make. It looks amazing! Does anyone know how to really clean the skillet afterwards? I heard it’s supposed to keep all of its goodness without soaping it up.

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  2. That looks amazing!

  3. Would you be able to substitute AP flour for the Wheat/Almond blend??? Major impact on the texture and taste? Thanks! Can’t wait to try it!!

    • Yes, as stated in the recipe AP should substitute cup for cup, you can also use mostly AP with a bit of almond flour if you want to better approximate the blend. Won’t be quite as almondy but still good! Either way should turn out fine (another benefit of baking in a skillet is you’re not as susceptible to slight variations in the recipe).

  4. This looks amazing!

    Paige

  5. Gah, this looks amazing! I will take a skillet cookie over a regular cookie any day of the week! Love that fudgy center. :)

  6. Is it possible to make this recipe on a regular cookie sheet rather than in a skillet? Thanks! LJ

    • I have not tested this recipe in standard-cookie form, but I’d assume it’d spread out too much (cookies with marshmallows tend to behave rather unexpectedly). If you don’t have skillets you could also use oven-safe ramekins or creme brulee dishes, just adjust the cooking time as needed depending on the size/thickness.

  7. Agghh, all that melty chocolatey marshmallowy goodness is almost more than I can take. Hehe, this looks amazing!

  8. rocky road and skillet cookies are good on their own, but then you put them together with a touch of espresso?! sounds delicious to me (: and this is reminding me of s’mores, aka perfect summer cookies!

    • I’m not a coffee person, but I usually sneak in a squidge of espresso powder in almost anything chocolate I make… it really heightens the richness of the chocolate even if it’s not a super obvious flavor. :)

  9. The gooey center, the oozing chocolate, the melty marshmallows, this is cookie perfection!

    Great tip about making it as 2 smaller rather than 1 big skillet cookies since marshmallows have a 20 min life expectancy, give or take, in a hot oven :)

  10. I have an antique 6″ skillet from my mother-in-law. (Griswold #3). If I use 8oz of dough and freeze the rest, how many does the whole recipe make? And how could I measure the 8 oz if don’t have a kitchen scale?

    • Sounds like a 4th grade math problem, lol. ;)

      This recipe will make enough for two 6-inch skillets. So just eyeball it and split the dough in half.

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