Salty Honey Peanut Butter Skillet Cookie
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Recipe Intro From cynthiajordan
I'm a BIG fan of peanut butter. I used to make this Nutter Butter pie at this pie shop I worked at. It was a cream cheese-based peanut butter mousse topped with peanut butter crumble, and no, it was not too much peanut butter. I'm also a fan of that Ben and Jerry's Peanut Buttah Cookie Core ice cream - I hope it hasn't been moved to their Flavor Graveyard!
This skillet cookie is stuffed with a honey cream cheese filling. I add extra flakey sea salt to the dough before it was baked in the oven. I topped it off with vanilla bean ice cream and a homemade peanut butter honey sauce, which hardens up as soon as it hits cold ice cream, just like Magic Shell. The honey-roasted peanuts add the perfect crunch. I even put extra into plain vanilla, and it was excellent.
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Honey Cream Cheese Filling:
ingredients
- 6 ounces cream cheese, cold and cubed
- 1/3 cup wildflower honey
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
Peanut Butter Dough:
ingredients
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup wildflower honey
- 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Flakey sea salt, for garnish
- Crushed honey roasted peanuts, for garnish
- Vanilla bean ice cream, for serving
Honey Peanut Butter Sauce:
ingredients
- 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/3 cup wildflower honey
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- Pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
To make the cream cheese filling:
Method
Step 1
Combine cream cheese, honey, and flour mix until smooth.
Step 2
Stir in salt and vanilla bean paste.
Step 3
Draw an 9” circle on parchment. Evenly spoon or pipe cream cheese filling into circle. Place in freezer while making cookie dough.
To make the cookie dough:
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F.
Step 2
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Set aside.
Step 3
Cream together butter, honey, light brown sugar, and peanut butter until smooth. Scraping down sides frequently.
Step 4
Add eggs, followed by vanilla.
Step 5
With mixer running on low, in a steady stream add flour mixture.
Step 6
Spread half of the dough onto the bottom of a lightly greased 10 inch cast-iron skillet.
Step 7
Place frozen cream cheese disk over top. Top with remaining cookie dough. Smooth out evenly.
Step 8
Lightly sprinkle top with flakey sea salt.
Step 9
Place in center rack of oven. Bake for 40 mins. Rotate and bake another 20.
Step 10
Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.
To make the peanut butter honey sauce:
Step 1
In a small pot, combine peanut butter, honey, salt, and coconut oil. Once completely melted and smooth remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
Step 2
Top warm cookie with ice cream, peanuts, and peanut butter sauce. Serve immediately.