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a slice of Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie in a white dessert plate
Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Four ingredients ink this Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie, folks. Four. Let’s just take that in for a second. Christmas is amazing, wonderful, holly-jolly and my favorite time of year. It’s also insane, chaotic, stressful and can be a royal pain in the patootie. Yes, even me, Mrs My-Christmas-Tree-Would-Be-Up-Year-Round can admit that Christmas can send the best of us into tailspins.

Thus the reason why I encourage you to cheat. If there’s one thing you can be certain of on this website, I’m not Suzy From Scratch All The Time. Ain’t gonna happen. I’m just as busy as the rest of you and I do cheat baking.

I fully encourage you to cheat and make this.

Four ingredients for Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie in a wood background

 It’s so simple. All you need is a cast iron skillet – I used 8 inches but for a thinner cookie you can use a larger one- cookie dough.

You press two-thirds of the cookie dough into the skillet evenly then mix together the remaining third with pecans and the chopped cherries. Then you sprinkle the cherried dough on top, pressing down slightly to make it even.

This way, picky eaters can pick off the cherries, like my daughter (insert eye roll here). Why would you pick off the best part!?!?!

cookie dough in the skillet mixed with pecans and the chopped cherries

Once it’s baked, you drizzle melted white chocolate over the top.

baked Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie with melted white chocolate on top

And there you have it folks.

I’m such a cheater and I can live with that.

Four Ingredient Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

I have a major thing for this skillet cookie. I love the candied cherries that are used in Christmas baking and to put them on top of a giant chocolate chip skillet cookie?

To die for.

close up slice of Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie in a white dessert plate

Now, remember my trick of making this a hostess gift the next time you are invited to a soiree. Simply bake the dessert in the skillet and attach a card that has not only the recipe for the dessert written in it, but also how to care for their new cast iron skillet. I would definitely go with a smaller 8 inch skillet for a hostess gift and make sure you attach the recipe, there’s more chance they will actually use it.

Happy baking everyone! There are so many easy recipes coming your way the next few weeks, I am so  busy that complex was NOT on the agenda this year!

Do you have any favorite cheater recipes that you make every year?

Thanks for stopping in everyone, I really hope you make this cookie, let me know if you do!

Love,

Karlynn

 

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Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie

Easy and delicious 4 ingredient Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet cookie.
5 from 1 votes
a slice of Christmas Fruitcake Chocolate Chip Skillet Cookie in a white dessert plate
Prep Time
3 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
28 minutes
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Cookie
Servings
10
Calories
351
Author
Karlynn Johnston

Ingredients
 

  • 16.5 ounces package Pillsbury* Refrigerated Chocolate Chip or Chocolate Chunk Cookies
  • 1/2 cup diced green and red cherries
  • 1/2 cup pecans whole or broken your choice
  • 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.  
  • Spread 2/3 of cookie dough into the skillet. Press evenly.
  • In small bowl, break up remaining 1/3 dough. 
  • Stir in candied fruit and pecans. 
  • Sprinkle candied mixture evenly over the dough in the skillet; press in lightly. 
  • Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown. 
  • Cool completely on wire rack, about 1 hour. 
  • Combine white chocolate chips with oil in small microwave dish. (If you have good white chocolate that melts nicely, skip the oil). 
  • Microwave on High power 30 to 60 seconds, stirring every 15 seconds. Stir until smooth. 
  • Then drizzle back and forth over the top.
  •  Cut into pie shape wedges to serve.

Nutrition Information

Calories: 351kcal, Carbohydrates: 35g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 22g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Cholesterol: 10mg, Sodium: 140mg, Potassium: 63mg, Sugar: 24g, Vitamin C: 0.5mg, Calcium: 22mg, Iron: 1.4mg

All calories and info are based on a third party calculator and are only an estimate. Actual nutritional info will vary with brands used, your measuring methods, portion sizes and more.

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Karlynn Johnston

I’m a busy mom of two, wife & cookbook author who loves creating fast, fresh meals for my little family on the Canadian prairies. Karlynn Facts: I'm allergic to broccoli. I've never met a cocktail that I didn't like. I would rather burn down my house than clean it. Most of all, I love helping YOU get dinner ready because there's nothing more important than connecting with our loved ones around the dinner table!

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