Recipe: Stove-Top Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie

We love brewing up a warming hot chocolate on our Frontier stove during the winter months, hands wrapped round a hot mug while we crowd round the stove for warmth…

There’s nothing better than getting away in the woods somewhere, enjoying the fresh air while you cook up a storm on your woodburning stove. Here’s a fun recipe for a gooey, gorgeous chocolate chip cookie that you can cook in a skillet right on top of your Frontier, Traveller or Horizon.

A skillet with a lid is best for this recipe, but if you don’t have one just fashion one from tinfoil. You could also use a Dutch oven (lining the bottom with tinfoil or wax paper will make getting the cookie out easier). We got this idea from our great new retailer Lumberjack Outdoor, who are based in the Netherlands. Thanks, guys!

As always we’ve given our measurements in cups to make camp cooking easier.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature

A scant 1 cup sugar (just less than a cup)

1 large egg

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon coarse salt

1 cup chocolate chips or chopped-up bar of chocolate

Method:

Light your stove and give it half an hour to come up to temperature. You don’t want a fierce burn for cooking something like this, or else your cookie will burn on the bottom, so use bigger logs and don’t load your stove up too much with fuel.

In a big bowl, cream the butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract. Mix ingredients together and stir into the butter mixture. Pile into a 10-inch skillet and smooth off the top. Cover with a lid.

Place on the stove-top towards the back, or on the warming plates if you’re cooking on a Traveller – you want them to cook slowly so they don’t burn on the bottom. Cooking time will vary depending on what kind of heat you’re using, but it should take around 15 minutes. Check for doneness after 10 minutes and pop back on the heat if you think it needs longer.

There should be some gooeyness in the middle with a crispy crust round the outside. You can serve this as is, pile whipped cream or ice cream on top, or drizzle with honey, Nutella or your favourite sauce. The possibilities are endless: enjoy!