Frosted Skillet Sugar Cookie Cake
 
Makes 1 (10-inch) cookie cake
Ingredients
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon assorted sprinkles
  • Buttercream Frosting (recipe follows)
  • Garnish: assorted sprinkles
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with baking spray with flour.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugars at medium speed until creamy, 2 to 3 minutes, stopping to scrape sides of bowl. Add egg, beating well. Beat in vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. With mixer on low speed, gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, beating until combined. Fold in 1⁄₃ cup sprinkles. Spread batter into prepared skillet. Sprinkle remaining 1 tablespoon sprinkles onto batter.
  4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely in skillet on a wire rack.
  5. Spread Buttercream Frosting on top of cooled cookie cake. Top with sprinkles, if desired. Cut into wedges.
Recipe by Taste of the South at https://tasteofthesouthmagazine.com/frosted-skillet-sugar-cookie-cake/