Warm Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet

Ingredients

• 11 cup browned unsalted butter (cooled to room temperature)
• 21¼ cups brown sugar
• 3¼ cup granulated sugar
• 42 large eggs
• 52 tsp vanilla extract
• 62 cups all-purpose flour
• 71 tsp baking soda
• 81 tsp fine salt
• 910 oz Valrhona dark chocolate chunks
• 10Smoked Maldon salt (for finishing)
• 11Roasted banana ice cream, hot fudge sauce (to serve)

Instructions

1. 1Preheat oven to 350°F. Brown butter in a saucepan over medium heat until golden and nutty. Transfer to a mixing bowl and cool to room temperature.
2. 2Beat browned butter with brown sugar and granulated sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
3. 3Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla.
4. 4Fold in flour, baking soda, and salt until just combined.
5. 5Stir in most of the Valrhona chocolate chunks, reserving a handful for the top.
6. 6Press dough evenly into a well-seasoned 10-inch cast iron skillet. Press reserved chocolate chunks into the surface.
7. 7Sprinkle generously with smoked Maldon salt.
8. 8Bake 20–24 minutes until the edges are set and golden but the centre remains gooey.
9. 9Serve warm directly from the skillet with roasted banana ice cream and hot fudge sauce.